You Are Still Here

You are in the pink sunrise

And my children’s laughs

In the cookies baked

And presents wrapped

In the phrases I say

In the home that I make

In the prayers that I pray

Every morning I wake

In my boy’s love of baking

In the naps that I need

In my girls’ love of books

And in the speed with which they read

In Lauren’s love of visiting

In Dani’s need to “mother”

And in the way Evan imitates

Your characteristic shudder

In the stillness alone

Where I hear your advice

And your reminder

That these are the best years of my life

In the dutchman’s breeches of spring

And the dandelions that follow

In the harvest of fall

And in cold winter’s hollow

When God called you home

Eternity to see

I whispered that you would

Always remain part of me

Those words that I spoke

When you had to leave

Were more true than I knew

Truer than I ever believed

You heard my first cry

I saw your last breath

Our connection can’t be broken

Not even by death

Although now in Heaven

You are never far away

I see you and hear you

Hundreds of times every day

In the air that I breathe

I can still feel your love

And I know you’re sending hugs

From Heaven above

You were a part of me

From my very start

Now you live on forever

Inside of my heart