Goodbye, Grandmother

You gave me your love, your care,

your protection, and your friendship.

You presented me with wondrous gifts,

magical toys and fantastic candies.

However I enjoyed these simple pleasures only briefly,

for you passed into the next world when I was young.

This descent into death, or rather ascent into Heaven,

caused me great grief and sorrow.

Your long and painful plight into the world of God,

made all the harder by the battle with cancer,

made me realize all the good times we’d had.

Yet for all the suffering you went through,

still I believed God was doing the right thing.
For it made me strong in my beliefs,

and even stronger in my heart.

Goodbye, Grandma. I’ll always remember you.