He Only Took My Hand
Last night while I was trying to sleep,
My son's voice I did hear,
I opened my eyes and looked around,
But he did not appear.
He said, "Mom, you've got to listen,
Yyou've got to understand.
God didn't take me from you, Mom,
He only took my hand.
When I called out in pain that day,
The Moment that I died.
He reached down and took my hand,
And pulled me to His side.
He pulled me up and saved me
From the misery and the pain.
My body was hurt so badly,
I could never be the same.
My search is really over now,
I've found happiness within.
All the answers to my empty dreams
And all that might have been.
I love you all and miss you so,
And I'll always be nearby.
My body's gone forever,
But my spirit will never die.
And so, you must all go on now,
And live and understand.
God did not take me from you,
He only took my hand.
Author Unknown
YOU NEVER SAID
You never said "I'm leaving."
You never said "Good bye."
You were gone before we knew it
God only knows why
A million times we needed you
A million times we cried.
If love alone could have saved you,
you never would have died.
In life we loved you dearly,
In death we love you still.
In our heart you hold a place
No one can ever fill.
It broke our hearts to lose you,
But you didn't go alone.
A part of us went with you
The day God took you home.
They say time heals all sorrow
And helps us to forget,
But time so far has only
Proven how much we miss you yet.
God gave us strength to face it
And courage to bear the blow.
But what it means to have lost you,
No one will ever know.
Author Unknown
IN MEMORY OF JOI
Her husband died a few years ago, and left his hounds to her.
She didn't think a thing of them or their "music" or their fur.
But as time went on, and she tended to them,
she found they were really good friends.
And she grew to love them, and respect them
and her heart they helped her mend.
So the years went by, and then she got sick
and worried about her hounds.
So she called her friends and asked them
If they could come around.
To help take care of her hounds and run them
Cuz she knew that they loved to run.
And her friends stood by her and took her hounds
and turned them loose in the early morning sun.
She was too weak to get up and out of bed,
But she could hear them sing.
And the music that she heard coming from them
would ease the pain within.
The day she died, the hounds didn't run
As they laid around and cried.
Cuz they knew that the lady that took care of them
had given up and died.
Her husband and her are now up in heaven,
listening to the races.
You'll never see a frown or tear,
or pain showing in their faces.
They've got the best seats and of course
the best hounds,
Wow, look at them run so fast.
As they sit and hold hands and listen to the music
together again at last.
The Rose
8/2002
When tomorrow starts without me
And I'm not there to see
If the sun should rise and find your eyes
All filled with tears for me.
I wish so much you wouldn't cry
The way you did today
While thinking of the many things
We didn't get to say.
I know how much you love
As much as I love you
And each time that you think of me
I know you'll miss me too
But when tomorrow starts without me
Please try to understand
Then an angel came and called my name
And took me by the hand.
And said my place was ready
In heaven far above
And that I'd have to leave behindAll those I dearly love.
But as I turned to walk away
A tear fell from my eye
For all my life I'd always thought
I didn't want to die.
I had so much to live for
So much left yet to do
It seemed almost impossible
That I was leaving you
I thought of all the yesterdays
The good ones and the bad
I thought of all the love we shared
And all the fun we had
If I could relive yesterday
just even for a while
I'd say good-bye and kiss you
And maybe see you smile
But then I fully realized
That this could never be
For emptiness and memories
would take the place of me
And when I thought of worldly things
I might miss come tomorrow
I thought of you and when I did
My heart was filled with sorrow
But when I walked through heaven's gates
I felt so much at home
When God looked down and smiled at me
From His great golden throne
He said, "This is eternity and all I've promised you.
Today your life on Earth is past
But here life starts anew
I promise no tomorrow
But today will always last
And since each day's the same way there's no longing for the past
You have been so faithful
So trusting and so true
Though there were times you did some things
You knew you shouldn't do
But you have been forgiven
and now at last you're free
So won't you come and take my hand
And share my life with me?"
So when tomorrow starts without me
Don't think we're far apart
For every time you think of me
I'm right here in your heart
Author Unknown