I CAN STILL REMEMBER

I can still remember when I was a little girl,
Mother would wash and set my hair,
So it would hang in curls.

I can still remember, times we walked to church,
How all the pews were always hard,
And on the edge of them I'd perch.

I can still remember as the years passed by,
The times I disobeyed my folks,
And I made my mother cry.

I can still remember, the sneaking out on dates,
And breaking all the given rules,
And staying out real late.

I can still remember the tears in Mother's eyes,
When all along she knew inside,
That I was telling lies.

I can still remember the cigarettes I smoked,
The hiding in dark places,
And telling dirty jokes.

I can still remember the hugs and kisses too.
And staying home from special things,
For the bad things that I'd do.

I can still remember, she loved me through it all,
And the joy and gladness on her face,
When I heard the SAVIOR call.

I can still remember how I opened up my heart,
Now my old life is over,
And a new one gets it's start.

I have another parent, who loves me endlessly.
HE wraps me in HIS arms of grace,
For ALL ETERNITY.

Now I will remember to praise HIM every day.
And thank HIM for HIS holy SON,
Who took my sins away.
 

TOGETHER

My sister means a lot to me, much more than I can
say.....I remember when she grew up..I cried when
she went away.....

We used to play with paper dolls and dress up and
pretend.....We used to go to home ballgames
.....And walk home with all our friends.....
 

We used to go to the skating rink and the local
picture show.....We'd go to the nearby library..Or
make angels in the snow.....

We went to our favorite soda shop..At a drug store
down the street.....We'd babysit at houses side by
side.....Or make a teepee with Mother's sheets.....

We had our silly quarrels..And our spells of selfish-
ness.....And even times when feelings hurt.....We
didn't love each other less.....

I always knew she loved me..And she knew I loved
her too.....We knew how to forgive and forget..And
we'd hug when our fights were through.....

Now that we're both grown up...And have gone our
separate ways.....I love and miss her just as much..
As I did in those yesterdays.....

But we share one thing in common..Though we're
many miles apart.....We've come to know the
SAVIOR.....And we hold HIM in our hearts.....
 

THANK YOU, LORD

I thank you, LORD, for springtime..When different
smells fill the air..For little birds and fishing
worms...And the plants the good earth bares.....

I thank you, LORD, for summer..When the Earth's
warmed by the sun..For little children hard at play
And the sunset when day is done.....

I thank you, LORD, for autumn..And the colors of the
trees..The crispness of the mornings..And the
crackling of the leaves.....

I thank you, LORD, for winter too..When the first
snow begins to fall..When all of creation is
resting..And the beauty of it all.....

To everything there is a season..We know that this
is true..Every day gives us a reason..In which we
can thank YOU.....

Kathy Rowe..'99

The "magnolia flower" is from Juelia's State Flowers
 
 

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