Springtime is Here Again

Artwork by Katie... she enjoyed springtime and she loved flowers.

The poem below was written in March of '99.

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But...

I can’t hold your little hand
Or kiss your pretty face
I can’t pat you on your back
Or hug you everyday
I can’t watch you while you sleep
And wonder what you dream
I can’t see you wake up smiling
Oh so mischievously
But God can . . .

I don’t help you tie your shoes
Or button your coat for you
I don’t make your buttered toast
Or pour your Mt. Dew
I don’t take you to kindergarten
Or praise your latest artwork
I don’t make your boo-boos better
Or kiss away your hurt
But God does . . .

I won’t see you graduate
Or go to the high school prom
I won’t see you drive a car
Go to college, or get a job
I won’t see you as a young lady
With a family of your own
I won’t know how you’ll look
When you are all grown
But God will . . .

for katie by mom
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All's Right with the World

When Katie's hair grew back the first time, it became a huge blonde 'fro! We loved it.

The year's at the spring
And day's at the morn;
Morning's at seven;
The hillside's dew-pearled;
The lark's on the wing;
The snail's on the thorn;
God's in His heaven -
All's right with the world!
~Robert Browning

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"When I Finally Make it Home"

Photo by Spring Hill Merchant

MercyMe is one of my favorite contemporary Christian bands; I love all of their music. This song in particular is amazing - “Finally Home.” I can’t listen to it without shedding a tear, but they are cleansing ones.

When I attempt to sing along, I tweak the first couple of lines just a bit:

“I’m gonna wrap my arms around my Katie’s neck
And tell her that I’ve missed her.
And tell her all about the mom that I became
And hope that it pleased her.”

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Cancer Can't...

Katie in the red wagon at UNC. It was her favorite mode of transpo at the hospital.

Cancer is so limited that:

It cannot cripple love
It cannot shatter hope
It cannot corrode faith
It cannot destroy peace
It cannot kill friendship
It cannot suppress memories
It cannot silence courage
It cannot invade the soul
It cannot steal eternal life
It cannot conquer the spirit

~Anonymous

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