Cookies & Kisses

  Grandma, I am wishing I could visit you today. Like when I was little and came over for a stay.   How I loved your cookies from the oven, nice and hot. No one made them better and I always ate a lot.   I remember, too, your kisses when I would come to...

Born Asleep

  I never saw your smile or the color of your eyes. I never heard your laughter and I never heard your cries.   You never felt my kisses upon your cheek and nose. Or tickles underneath your chin and on your little toes.   You didn’t hear, “I Love You” and you...

Counting Blessings

    How I longed for sleep as I lie there in my bed, but the weight of all my worries kept me wide awake instead.   I tossed and then I turned, but sleep was not to be, and when I tried counting sheep they ran away from me.   But then a sudden...

Merry Christmas Up In Heaven

  Merry Christmas up in Heaven from your family here below. We love you, and we miss you, and want to let you know.   We feel your love around us and though you’re spirit’s gone, your memory is alive and well and in our heart’s lives on.   If God would grant us...

Counting Sheep

    I quickly slipped into my bed 
and didn’t say my prayers.
 It was so warm and cozy,
 I thought, “No one really cares.”   
I tossed and turned, and really tried
 but sleep was not to be. 
I kept thinking of the blessings
 Heavenly Father gives to me.  ...