Thursday, April 18, 2019

Dear God,

That voice, that sweet voice lifted to the heavens and blessed all in their hearing.  I remember her first cry when she was just minutes old.  I knew one day she would sing with you!  And so she did.

Tonight 18-year-old Gabrielle sang "Imagine".  All her life she has sung.  Even when she was three and we drove to the Christmas Tree Farm in search of the perfect tree, she sang.  In my car with her cousins, she sings all the fun songs we have sung a thousand times together...On the Road Again, What a Wonderful World and Crazy, just to name a few.  But tonight without the fear that kept her hidden, she sang the solo and she was ready, ready for herself, for us and for the world.  And sing she did!

What a gift
she is,
O Lord,
a gift
to her mom
and dad,
her sister
and brother.
To all
of us,
she is a gift
but no more so
than to you.
Thank you
for Gabrielle,
that sweet breath
of fresh air.
Thank you
for blessing us all
with her
sweet, sweet fragrance.

Love always, Andrea (her grandma)