IN GODS ARMS- (a Lance story) by: Jenn

It was a nice sunny day he laid on the pavement with his feet in the pool; looking up at the clouds that passed him by…. “It’s been 3 months” he sighed “I feel you around me everyday…I want you to know I still and always will love you.” He stood up and shook off the water from his feet and walked into the house and plopped down on the couch running his hands through his hair. The pitter-patter of little feet were heard coming down the stairs and into the room he was in. “ Daddy” she said while her dirty blonde hair swung while she walked toward him.

 “Hey Laney…. did you sleep good?” He said picking his 3-year-old daughter up and putting her on his lap.

“Yes daddy….you look so sad.” She said putting her hand on his cheek.

“I miss mommy.”, he said kissing her on the forehead.

 “ Me too daddy…can we go visit her?” She said as excitement filled her blue eyes. “Sure” he said while reaching for a bouquet of flowers that he had bought earlier. He picked up Laney and brought her out to the car and buckled her in. He put on a movie so she could watch while he drove the long way to see “mommy.” As he drove he noticed the car still had her scent and her presence, he looked over at the empty passenger seat and remembered the better times, he remembered her smiling face, he remembered the day he first met her five years ago. How she got right into his heart and made him love her and never let go, her smile that was worth a thousand of his words.

“Daddy” Laney said disrupting him for his thoughts.

“Yes Laney.” He said focusing on the road ahead of him.

 “Can I see the picture of mommy?”

“Ok” he said as he reached into this pocket where he always kept it, a picture of him, her, and Laney, all smiles, all full of life, he handed Laney the picture as she looked at it and kissed the picture.

 “Daddy, mommy is so pretty.” Laney said running her tiny hands over her mothers face. “Yes, yes she is” he said pulling along side a curb and wiping the tears that had formed in his eyes.

“Here we are.” he said unbuckling Laney.

“I’ll go find mommy, I know where she is.” Laney said running across the newly cut grass with her stuffed bunny in her hand. He followed her footsteps with the bouquet of flowers in his hand until he stopped right next to where Laney was. “Here she is” Laney said wiping the hair from her face. He knelt down and traced the words with his fingers. This was the closest he would ever get to her and he hated it so much.

                                    Jennifer Bass    

                             Loving Wife and Mother

He placed the flowers against the tombstone and said a little prayer just like the one he said before. Laney laid her bunny down next to the flowers and hugged her father “Bunny is going to go live with mommy now, mommy is lonely.”

“I think mommy would love that.” He said standing up and brushing the grass off his pants.

“Daddy where is mommy?” Laney asked looking up at him.

“In gods arms Laney” he said while grabbing her small hand, “In gods arms.”

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