FOR GRANDMA TURNER

FROM THE TIME WHEN I WAS BORN

AND FELT THAT SPECIAL TOUCH,

I REALIZED IT WAS GRANDMA

AND SHE LOVED ME VERY MUCH.

THE HANDS THAT REACHED TO PICK ME UP

WHEN NO ONE SEEMED TO CARE, 

STILL REACH FOR ME AND HUG ME

WHEN LIFE JUST ISN'T FAIR..

WHEN THE TIME HAD COME FOR HER TO REST

I REALLY CRIED THAT DAY,'

BUT HER DAUGHTERS, SONS, THEIR CHILDREN 

HELPED WIPE MY TEARS AWAY.

AS I LOOKED AROUND I NOTICED

THE LOVE THAT FILLED THAT HOME

THE SPECIAL GIFT THAT GRANDMA LEFT --

I'D NEVER BE ALONE.

I TURNED TO THE MAN WE'D CHOSEN

TO HELP SEND HER ON HER WAY;

I SAID, "I WISH THAT YOU HAD KNOWN HER."

HE SAID, "I MET HER HERE TODAY."

Written May 6, 1990