Friday, July 9, 2010

My dearest God,

Daily blessings reach me from heaven. This morning my special granddaughter Lucy, my four year old granddaughter, called me from the hospital. "Grandma, this is Lucy. Please call me. I am in the hospital." Lucy had fallen ill again and had to be hospitalized. Always before I would drive to the hospital, crawl in beside her frail little body and we would color pictures, watch movies or I would tell her a story. This time I was too far away so we talked by phone. "How is my sweet darlin' little Lucy?" I asked her. We shared for about five minutes before her mom took the phone to update me.

Lucy is one of your blessings. She is something else! She is a high-energy child who can think up things to do, even things to get into trouble. She is expressive and can configure her face in so many ways that she is always entertaining. She is loving, always providing hugs and kisses and telling others how much she loves them. She is intuitive. When I went through a very long "down" period, Lucy offered words of comfort and hope. She is witty, always coming up with something to make us laugh. And she has faith in you. Her prayers are thoughtful and sometimes we can't help but chuckle when she goes on and on.

As I listened to Lucy talk, I thought of the blessing that she is to me, to her family, friends and school chums. You have made her a little ray of sunshine, dripping with heaven's joy.

Thank you
for Lucy,
dear God,
for the blessing
of life
that she is.
May she continue
to bless you
and others
as she
lives out
her special
little life.

Love, Grandma Andrea