I Remember,

The day's spent in the kitchen,

The way you would tell me "everything's gonna' be alright,"

The sound of your voice as you tucked me in at night.

I Remember,

The sound of you laugh,

It could stop a whole room in it's tracks.

The way you heard me, though no one else would.

I Remember,

The day I received the news of you getting sick,

The days that followed as I could not see you because the breast cancer was setting in.

Most of all I remember the day my uncle sat me down, On the very couch you used to rest on, as he told me you were gone forever.

I Remember,

Trying to make sense of a situation that I couldn't bare.

As I stormed in to see, I wasn't the only one hurting.

I gazed upon my brother as he cried out of sorrow,

My mother holding him for dear life as she locked eyes with mine.

I Remember,

The funeral and your beautiful pale face,

All the emotions that lay upon every ones face,

They were all morning over a soul snatched away at sea,

Taken from our grasp and out of reach.

I Remember, 

Growing up without you there,

Throughout the birthdays and holiday's, how can anyone bare?

You sit on your thrown, in the heavens above.

While my worlds up in flames and our family is nearly done.

But I Also Remember,

Life goes on and you taught me that. 

How there has to be a balance, a separate half.

Never to give up when things got hard,

As long as you try you can achive sky high.

That it's natural to be afraid of the future ahead or even what lies under your bed.

You Know,

I may have been little,

I may not have been tough,

I may not have even comprehended.

nevertheless your mark will be forever stamped on my soul.

I hope to be as incredible as the woman you were.

For you are my beloved grandmother.

In my heart you will stay, always and forever.