Prelude:
This post was written merely 17 days after my Mom’s death on November 6, 2012 (chronologically before my previous post, “[Not] an Accident”).
In the immediate after math of the accident, the Family of God surrounded our family with incredibly love and comfort. I can’t explain to you how healing and helpful that was. It breaks my heart that not everyone who experiences loss gets that kind of support.
If you know someone who has experienced loss—loss of any kind: a loved one, a baby, a marriage, a child’s faith, a church, a friendship, even significant material things—show them love. Sit with them. Take them food. Try not to talk to much, but do ask them questions. Ask them if they want to talk about their loved one. Don’t forget them.
These are the ramblings of a grief stricken soul under the tremendous grace of an Almighty God.
Heaven
Mom
A mom is security, love and support;
She knows what you’re about, both inside and out.
You tell her the latest, the good and the bad,
And caringly she listens to the heart of the sad.
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From childhood to grown up
She’s there in the midst.
She’s everything that matters
Like a precious jewel she sparkles and shimmers.
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But you take her for granted.
Yet her love is not lessened,
Diminished or slanted—
It’s within her deeply planted.
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And then,
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You wake up and find,
The gem afore spoken
Sits there and is broken;
She’s moaning and groaning
And running out of time.
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Oh what I would do,
Looking back with regret,
To whisper her name again and again.
To sing her sweet songs.
Oh how I do long
To shout with my life
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I LOVE YOU, MOM!
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I would tear down the sky
Just to say one last good-bye.
To hug her and kiss her
And let her see me cry.
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The tears run so easy
Like never before,
She loved us so much—
Why didn’t I love her more?
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But now she is gone,
Taken beyond,
To a land without shadow
A place that is hallow.
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She’s traveled to Heaven
She’s taken to Jesus
And Jesus can love her
‘Cause He’s the true lover.
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And though I can’t see it,
And hardly believe it:
I rest in this promise
For I know He will keep it.
C.D.