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The Question


Just a puzzle of random statements
most we didn't understand.
As she rambled on and on
I gently held her hand

Inside my heart was breaking
for this loved one close to me
once so vibrant full of life
now a shell is all I see

Her mind it soars to unknown realms
and leaves us all behind
maybe in some lost flashback
me again she'll find

But as we rose to leave the room
her question loud and clear
with a smile across her gentle face
we saw she had no fear

"Don't you think as I lay me down
I should ask God to come get me
all life's burdens will be gone
and Heaven I will see?"

A little voice said to her
No, we want you here
and with a look of understanding
she heard it loud and clear

She didn't ask God that night
to come and take her home
She knew that we needed her
she couldn't leave us all alone.

by...Debbie/nana5
This is written about my aunt whos brain and memory has been affected by 3 massive strokes. As myself, my middle daughter and her little girl Katie were leaving her hospital room.My aunt called Katie(my grandaughter who is 7) over to her and asked her if she should go to sleep and have God come and get her.That really upset all of us but especially my little grandaughter, but my aunt wouldn't have asked her that if she were in her right mind. But as the poem states she is still with us, and we thank God for that.But its a heartbreaking situation, and its got to be twice as hard for my aunt.Thank all of you for all the prayers you send out.





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