JUST YESTERDAY YOU WERE THERE EASY TO FIND
ALL YOUR WITS WERE ABOUT YOU SHARP IN THE MIND
INDEPENDENT AND SELF ASSERTIVE A HELPER INDEED
WILLING AND ABLE TO ASSIST SOMEONE IN NEED
A GOD GIVEN TALENT DID NOT GO TO WASTE
BE IT COOKING OR TEACHING NEVER IN HASTE
FRUSTRATION WAS THERE WHEN WE DID NOT GET IT RIGHT
FOR YOU KNEW THE VICTORY WAS THERE IN OUR SIGHT
YOU WERE PARTNERED WITH A FRIEND MARRIED FOR LIFE
EIGHT CHILDREN TO RAISE DESPITE ALL THE STRIFE
WITH ALL THE CHILDREN GROWN YOU SAW URGENT NEEDS
WITH AN ARROGANT BOLDNESS YOU PLANTED GOD'S SEEDS
FOR YOU KNEW SALVATION WAS HIS ULTIMATE CHOICE
THERE WAS SINCERITY AND ASSURANCE IN YOUR BOASTFUL VOICE
HUSBAND AND WIFE , MOM AND DAD , PARTNERS TILL THE END
A PROMISE FOR NOW OF WHICH YOU BOTH AGREED THEN
BUT LIFE IS THERE WITH ITS TWISTS AND ITS TURNS
OUR EYE IS UPON HEAVEN AND FOR IT OUR HEART YEARNS
BUT AS TIME PASSES ON YOU BECOME HIDDEN FROM VIEW
YOU ARE STILL THERE BEFORE US HIDDEN INSIDE OF YOU
FROM TIME TO TIME A GLIMMER OF HOPE GRACIOUSLY SURGES
THE YOU THAT WE REMEMBER UNEXPECTEDLY EMERGES
APPARENTLY THIS IS A STRUGGLE YOU FELT DEEP INSIDE
THANKFUL THAT GODS HOLY SPIRIT WILL ALWAYS ABIDE
WITH BOTH OF YOUR AGING PARENTS YOU BOTH TENDED TO THEIR NEEDS
THEY ARE NOW ALL IN HEAVEN THANKFUL FOR YOUR GOOD DEEDS
YOU NOW RETURN TO DEPENDENCE FROM YOUR PARTNER IN LIFE
HE ASSUMES THE JOB WILLINGLY A SOLEMN PROMISE TO HIS WIFE
LATE NIGHT AND DAILY CHALLENGES DENY NEEDED REST
WITH QUIETNESS AND SOLITUDE DAD WOULD DO HIS BEST
YOU MAY PONDER WHERE WERE THE CHILDREN IN THE MIDST OF THE TRIAL
THEY WERE THERE ALL ALONG PERHAPS IN DENIAL
HOW COULD A PERSON INDEPENDENT , FREE AND , STRONG
COULD SUCCUMB AND BECOME HIDDEN INSIDE OF HERSELF BEFORE LONG
TIME IS OUR CAPTURE FOR EACH IT MOVES ON
WE BECOME MORE DEPENDENT ON OTHERS BEFORE LONG
GOD IS GRACIOUS AND GOD IS GOOD
PROVIDING LOVE AND COMFORT AS HE TOLD US HE WOULD
WE PRAY FOR HEALING AND RESTORATION FOR BOTH MOM AND DAD TODAY
FOR BOTH TO ENJOY LIFE WITH ALL THE GIFTS GOD HAS SENT ON ITS WAY
GOD FULFILLS A PROMISE OF REWARDS FOR A JOB WELL DONE
PEACE AND COMFORT ON EARTH AND A MANSION IN HEAVEN JUST FOR FUN
OUR MEMORY MAY FAIL US AS TIME MARCHES ON
RELY ON TO THE MEMORY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT , FATHER AND SON
WHEN FINALLY WE EXIT FROM OUR EARTHLY SPACE
ALL WILL BE ASSURED YOU WILL GAZE UPON HIS HOLY FACE
MOM PASSED AWAY IN HER BIRTH MONTH OCTOBER OF 2007 ALZHHEIMER CLAIMED ANOTHER VICTIM HEAVEN HAS RECEIVED ANOTHER POWERFUL SOLDIER OF THE FAITH . THE NIGHT OF HER PASSING A STRANGE STAR GLOW WAS DISCOVERED BY THE ASTRONOMERS 10-23-2007
LATER DAD BEGAN HIS JOURNEY THROUGH THE ALZHEIMER'S TUNNEL WITH THE FAMILY TO ASSIST SINCE THE DISEASE HAS NEW UNDERSTANDING. DAD'S JOURNEY TO ETERNITY BEGAN WITH HIS PASSING ON 3-13-2013
REST IN PEACE MOM AND DAD
by DAVID DEROUEN
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