LIZZIE

Little did we realise

How ill you really were,

And we can only apologise

For not being present there.

Our lives will never be the same

Though we must all adjust.

But it is hard to settle

With your heart about to burst.

You never asked for riches,

Just enough to get you by.

A simple thought or gesture

Seemed to set your spirits high.

Yes, simple things but lots of fun

And you were so at ease.

Driving along, singing your hymns.

You were so easy to please.

I know the shock we must accept,

Though it is hard to bear.

For we seemed to take for granted

That you were always there.

Yes, we’re going to miss you

For your baking and steak pie.

But most of all we’ll miss you

For your smile and twinkling eye.

A little run out in the car,

It didn’t have to be too far.

As long as we took the Drymen road

And finished up in ‘The Milk Bar’.

Now that you’re settled up above,

We thank you for your gift of love,

And for teaching us ‘Care One For Another’.

But most of all for being Our Mother.

by   Ena  McCulloch  (Canada)  nee   Ena McCartney from Glasgow 

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