She did not have to do it.<\/p>\n
She chose to anyway.<\/p>\n
I was not family.<\/p>\n
She didn’t have to stay.<\/p>\n
She walked\u00a0 beside me, through my most devastating days.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
My mother’s battle with cancer was ending,<\/p>\n
her days on earth were few.<\/p>\n
There was so much work to do,<\/p>\n
I was overwhelmed by pain and grief.<\/p>\n
She walked besides me, providing sweet relief.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
She helped me plan the funeral,<\/p>\n
She helped me resolving the estate.<\/p>\n
She gave me a place to sleep,<\/p>\n
When the night watch was too great.<\/p>\n
She walked beside me,\u00a0a gift of love so sweet.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
She knew my mother through their church,<\/p>\n
Through my mother she knew me.<\/p>\n
She walked beside me, an angel if I ever did see.<\/p>\n
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