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Molly was a
fighter;
As a young
girl, she fought for her little brothers;
Fighting for their welfare, she was more like a
mother than a sister.
She loved her family.
Molly was determined;
As a young lady, she struggled for her
career;
Hard work and
effort made her a nurse;
Then she married El.
Molly enjoyed nursing;
As a wife, she helped El through college;
Then back to Minnesota
To begin their family.
Molly was nurturing;
As a young mother, she worked at home and as a
nurse;
She mothered her
younger brothers and her nieces;
Her children were her pride and joy;
She loved her family.
Molly was tough;
As a mother, cancer came to take her away,
But she wasn't ready to go yet; too many
things to finish;
Her
family needed her.
Molly fought;
For 15 years, she fought the bitter war with
cancer;
Once, twice,
three times she won the battles,
And as she fought, she cared for her family.
Molly survived;
Her kids grew up, graduated from college,
Got good jobs, and
married;
Molly & El
put in a much loved swimming pool;
A grandson came to make their life
complete;
They loved
that boy.
Molly fought on;
And then the cancer came one more time,
But the chemo just wasn't
enough,
So the cancer
stayed,
And this time
she went home.
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An Anonymous
Poem
When
tomorrow starts without me, and I'm not there to see;
If the sun should rise and find your
eyes all filled with tears for me;
I wish so much you wouldn't cry the way
you did today,
While
thinking of the many things we didn't get to say.
I know how much you love me, as much as I love
you,
And each time
that you think of me, I know you'll miss me too;
But when tomorrow starts without me,
please try to understand,
That an angel came and called my name and took me by the
hand,
And said my place was ready in heaven far
above,
And that
I'd have to leave behind all those I dearly love.
But as I turned to walk away, a tear
fell from my eye,
For all my life, I'd always thought I didn't want to
die.
I had so much to live for, so much yet to
do,
It seemed
almost impossible that I was leaving you.
The good ones and the
bad,
I thought of all
the love we shared, and all the fun we had.
If I could relive yesterday, just even for a
while,
I'd say
good-bye and kiss you and maybe see you smile.
But then I fully realized, that this could
never be,
For
emptiness and memories would take the place of me.
And when I thought of worldly things I might miss come
tomorrow,
I
thought of you, and when I did, my heart was filled with
sorrow.
But then I
walked through heaven's gates and felt so much at home,
When God looked down and smiled at
me, from His great golden throne,
He said "This is eternity, and all I've promised
you."
For life on
earth is past, but here it starts anew.
I promise no tomorrow, but today will always
last,
And since
each day's beautiful, there's no longing for the past.
But you have been so faithful, so trusting and so
true.
Though there
were times you did some things you knew you shouldn't do.
You have been forgiven and now at
last you're free.
So won't you take my hand and share my life with
me?
So when tomorrow starts without me, don't think we're far
apart,
For every
time you think of me, I'm right here, in your heart.
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