CHRISTMAS - DAWNING REFLECTIONS

I am thinking this early morning of my northern Indiana family. It is a special day, and for them must hold a sense of sorrow for the lost anticipation of sharing family traditions with our precious Amaranthine. Holidays are bittersweet for those of us who have known recent loss.

Each of our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren hold a special place in our heart. Amaranthine, no less in absence. She is not here to join our love and laughter; she is instead held safely in that realm of eternal joy. This is the knowledge that takes away the bitterness, that makes us breathe a prayer of gratitude and praise, that leaves us with sweet longing to go to her in God’s good time.

LOVING AMARANTHINE

(10/05/2018 - 10/12/2018)

Sweetly beyond - mid angel song
Surrounded by His heavenly throng
Our precious one's at rest, in peace.
God saved for her a special place
As yet unknown to us below
But sure, secure, forevermore.

No day will pass, no night will slip
Beyond our mem'ries' loving grip...
The joy we felt; the love she claimed
For every second she remained
Within our sight, our touch, our life ...
Though known so briefly here on earth.

Love is the song her family
All came to know, e'en sight unseen.
Alive and full each heart sang forth,
Responded to her wonder-birth;
And then as one sad hearts appealed
For solace and for time to heal.

And in this quiet space of dawn,
Reflections linger, gently mourn -
The loss held simply in the heart
Remains a still, enduring part ...
That blessed and beautiful design
God lent the tapestry of time.

A whispered prayer lifts up to Him
Who searches spirits, understands
How faithful eyes may sometimes dim
With unshed tears of loss and pain…
We miss her - yet humbly embrace
Her sacred trust within His grace.

(Grandmother 12/25/2018)