an elegy for someone who is loved.
Witnessing your first and last breaths.
Helping you take your first and last steps.
Praying for guidance while facing an uncertain path.
Living unpredictable days not knowing how long you’d last.
Wanting to come home to pass in your own space.
Having control over how you lived out your last days.
Taking mental pictures to memorize your sweet boy’s face.
Being called home by God at His pace.
And although your humor was still very much alive
worry and anguish shrouded you.
Because your body was failing and no longer able to thrive
you needed us around you.
Like when you were a baby,
there was no place we’d rather be than beside our sweet little girl
who grew up to be a remarkable lady--
A truly good human being in this unmerciful world.
Towards the end, frail in body but still a Warrior in mind.
With a sense of humor,
a sense of dignity,
a sense of motherhood like no other--
truly one-of-a-kind.
Battling the pain you felt--
It was clear it would only be a matter of time….
Realizing you were never getting better, felt--
like the truest of crimes.
Fighting back tears and a burning choke
from this tightness in our chests
and a swelling lump in our throats
Swallowing down our cries inside, so we can cope.
You'll always be a heartbeat away
because we’re keeping you close.
There are major things we'll never see you do.
Like taking the arm of a man deserving
and hearing you say, “I do.”
There are simple things
we'll never get to say again.
Like, “Hey Vivian, remember that time when….”
Blessed to be your parents from the beginning until now--
Girl, you made us so proud!
Living life to the fullest, vibrant, active and Laughing Out Loud!
How deeply you’ve touched our hearts cannot be measured,
Sweet Child of ours and of The Divine.
We just wanted you to know,
it’s been both an honor and a pleasure.
We'll see you again...when it's our time.
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