4/16/10 - 4/16/20
The tenderness in my heart,
the ink on my arm,
the memories of that horrible week,
remind me that you are gone.
Sorrow never ends no matter how much time passes.
My body remembers by sleeping most of the week.
Today is the night you died...ten years ago. Yesterday, we all said our good-byes in preparation of organ donation this morning and you weren't expected to breathe on your own for long afterward. We weren't supposed to see you again.
But today your strong heart breathed on it's own and we were blessed with many more hours.
Of looking at your beautiful face and listening to machines monitoring you...
Of family being able to have their final good-byes...hugs and kisses and tears...
Of the hours ticking by until your family surrounded you and then in...
The Silence.
It is well.
With my soul.
It is well..it is well...with my soul.
And peace flowing like a river, you met Jesus.
I grieve.
I rejoice.
I miss watching you grow up.
Can't wait to see you, my dear nephew.
New spiritual body, new name, whole.
Lacking nothing.
Smile!
See you soon.
In God's time.
