Dear Lucy,
How can this be your 2nd birthday we celebrate in memory of you?!!
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This year, Lucy on your birthday we will miss your sweet delight
Of grateful appreciation for a card that is just right
We will miss your breathless questions leaving no time to reply
As you pause to exclaim over something that has caught your eye
'Love your skirt, your purse, your jacket; where did you buy it?!! how much?!!
Love your hair, the way you wear it, love your scarf, dress, shoes and such
Come sit down! would you like coffee or tea?? and a fresh-baked 'yum'?
WOW! Time flies I can't believe how faster birthdays seem to come!!'
This year, Lucy, on your birthday both tears and laughter will spill
In the tender recollection of scenes ceased against our will
Longing for your lovely/lively presence to grace the room like a breeze
As we trace the treasured essence of echoes and memories
This year, Lucy, on your birthday we will wonder *how/where you are
How yesteryears and forever feel so very near and far
Tugging us in two directions; what will be and what has been
Close enough to hug and kiss you but for farewell's void between
This year, Lucy, on your birthday only memories must do
As we yearningly remember and relive moments with you
And with reverent appraisal ponder opportunity
Before we too join the ranks of 'Happy Birthday-used-to-be'
This year, Lucy, on your birthday we will thank the Lord above
For the beauty of the blessing of your lifetime and your love
For God knows how much we miss you and He comforts longing's pain
With the hope and joy of knowing someday we will meet again
This year Lucy, on your birthday, we will kind and humbly pray
For the treasure in the measure of the gift we call today
And the pleasure of thought-pictures that no hand of time can steal
While a pang soft-rends heart-sutures Time can never fully heal...
Janet Martin
Dear Lucy,
Love fills holes loss leaves behind
love always,
your sis
This sad news stills feels so new to me, too. It's hard to believe it's two years already. And I cannot imagine the emptiness of Lucy's presence in your own life and family. Sending heart hugs, Janet, as you remember and grieve and celebrate her life. xo
ReplyDeleteDear Brenda, thank-you so much! The love and friendship of SO many others makes our missing her so very bittersweet but bearable! Thank-you for being part of it!
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