After Glow

I'd like the memory of me

To be a happy one.

I'd like to leave an after glow

Of smiles when life is done.

I'd like to leave an echo

Whispering softly down the ways,

Of happy times and laughing times

And bright and sunny days.

I'd like the tears

Of those who grieve,

To dry before the sun

Of happy memories that I leave

When life is done.

My grandma passed away this morning at The Center for Hospice & Palliative Care. She was a spunky lady who fought lung cancer as long as she could. I have comfort in knowing that she looked peaceful and pretty in pink while we gathered around her one last time yesterday. She had several readings saved in an envelope that she requested some of her grandchildren read at her service. This is one of them that will be read on Tuesday.