Today is That Day

Today is the day

That Day

14 years past 

she was no more 

a living presence. 

That Day 

her labored shallow 

breathing 

stopped.

That Day

I stayed late at work 

to finish. 

That Day

That evening

That night

Time stood still. 

There was no more 

time left to explore ...

anything. 

Such sadness

in remembering 

the events of 

That Day 

and the many days 

and months 

leading up to it. 

Eight months 

she suffered.

A last family picture 

was taken 

two daughters 

and their husbands 

and a grandson

not yet 5

Today is the day

That Day

she left us all

here on earth.

And although 

my moments 

of intense sadness linger

she is in a better place

and one day, 

someday, 

I will see her again

and 

there will be no more 

sadness, no more pain

to remember. 

There will only be joy.

Joy that she gave herself to Jesus 

and she is with Him 

in heaven. 

"And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying; and there shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away." (Revelation 21:4)

I thank Jesus she is with Him 

and her pain is gone

and someday, 

my pain too, 

physical, emotional, 

will be gone. 

"Let not your heart be troubled ... ." (John 14:1)