There was no other way

For me to face reality

Or pretend to be okay

I had no concept –

Of how hard it would be

To actually let go

Of this huge part of me…

Not tomorrow or ever –

Will my life be the same

Without my Grannio here

Life seems to be a game –

Of chance and questions…

Questions that never end

And have no answers

That can begin to mend

The gaping hole inside of me

Nor come close to healing

My heart and soul that

Seem to be feeling

Lost, numb and empty-

Completely hollow…

Like I have nobody left

To really follow –

Through life with respect

She was so much more

Than my Grandmother

I knew that before

She left this earth

And I told her so

More than once or twice

Because she had to know

Just how very special –

And truly blessed

I felt to have her as my friend

She was the best

Without a doubt –

My Grannio gave me

More than anybody

Will ever really see…
It was an unspoken –

Kind of love

That came with no conditions

And went far above

The normal caring

And average support

For a grandchild –

Or family of any sort

She gave more of herself

To me than anyone

In my life ever will

Nobody could have done

What she did for me

With so much devotion,

Absolute honesty

And true emotion…

Her loyalty was –

Sincerely undying

I realize so much

Now that I’m crying –

And wishing that

I had just one more day

To spend holding her hand

And trying to take away

Her fears and her pain –

That took over her

Body and her mind

Like never before…

In our lives –

I would have sincerely

Given 20 years of my life

To have her merely

Be here tomorrow –

I cannot explain

The way I feel today

Or how much I pain

Is inside of me –

That will never go away

No matter how much time passes

I know this ache will stay

With me forever…

Just as her special touch

Will always be with me

And mean so very much –

To me and my son…

Jakob Thomas

Her “BabyDoll”

And I promise

To never forget –

What she would have done

If she was still here

For him – her only one

Great-grandchild…

IN MEMORY OF MY GRANNIO

ANNA KLINE

OCTOBER 05, 1920 - NOVEMBER 05, 2002

(She went to heaven on my son's fifth birthday)

MAY GOD BLESS HER SOUL...

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