Grandma's Poems
for her grandson and daughter
Our Amazing Grandson
Our story now it doth unfold
and is so very clear.
Of our dear grandson up above,
who in our hearts we hold so dear.
age 6 months
We remember back a few years ago
when he was so very small.
He was so very, very ill.
There wasn’t much of him at all.
age almost 2 years
But as you held him in your arms
and looked into his face,
a glow of light you’d always see
like you saw Jesus in his place.
age 3 years
He couldn’t run or speak so well
and his hearing did almost go.
But the smile he had upon his face,
just never lost it’s glow.
Now as the years has gone by,
as a teenager, he’s won the prize.
He still wasn’t in stature, very big.
but his heart of love was over-sized
at camp, making hemp jewelry
He had given his heart to Christ
and lived his life for Him.
He was always a happy camper.
When too old, he was a leader then. ,
the day his back broke
He made each day in his life count,
so off to college he did go.
And on his job he worked so hard,
he wanted to run the race you know.
6 weeks before he died
And tho he had a dread disease that would
take his life,
he still would not let go
He was always walking with his Lord,
and his face never lost it’s glow.
Dear God, you have a real prize up there.
We didn’t really want to let him go.
But we know that he’s within Your care
and his smile continues still to glow.
By Oneita Pyle Feb. 11, 2003
Written for Patricia my daughter,
by Oneita Pyle, Grandma to Michael
Michael’s Final Flight
Birthdays are joyous occasions,
not a time to cry, but cheer.
Even though there comes a time
when the guest of honor can’t appear.
Birthdays start when life begins,
a son is placed within our care
God gave us this child to raise for Him
that while on earth his love we share.
His life was planned so very carefully.
God knew when and where it should start.
He also knew the joy that Mike would bring
into the lives in which he had a part.
But when God loaned this child to us,
He also knew how and when he must depart
for his Eternal Home in Heaven,
yet still could dwell within our hearts.
Tho we now have sadness in our hearts
when comes this celebration day.
It’s because we long to feel his touch,
for sometimes he seems so far away.
We don’t need to wait for birthdays
to remember how much he meant
Because his love lives on forever,
for he touched lives where ere he went.
Yes, Michael now has a new body.
It’s simply perfect in every way.
He’s living now in God’s great kingdom,
waiting for us some glorious day.
So we hang on to our precious memories.
Keep them close within our hearts.
And remember God only loaned him
for us to love and enjoy from the start
By Oneita Pyle Feb. 10 2003
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