A very good friend shared this poem with me. It was written for her mom Alice who passed away in Feb. 2002. She shared it & rededicated it for both our moms. Thanks Deb, this means alot.
Home At Last
A Valentine For Our Lord
Dear Lord this year
we gave a valentine to you.
A very special valentine
with love thru and thru.
We know that we will miss her---
We already do
For this year on Valentine's Day
We gave our Mother to you
We know she's happy
With you right now
But we weren't prepared
For her departure somehow.
Knowing she's your Valentine
Helps us bear the pain
We know earth's loss
Was truely heaven's gain.
Our preference was to keep her
and hold her close once more
But someday we'll get to hold her
When we reach Heavens Shore