THEN A LITTLE GIRL FULL OF LIFE AND INNOCENT CHARM.
SHE GREW AND SHE BLOSSOMED INTO A LOVELY YOUNG WOMAN
WHO WAS SOON COURTED AND MARIRIED A HANDSOME YOUNG MAN.
THEIR HEARTS AND LIVES BECAME AS ONE,
SOON TO BE JOINED BY A LITTLE BABY SON.
A PRECIOUS BABY GIRL FOLLOWED NEXT,
AND THEN CAME TWO MORE SONS AT THEIR VERY BEST!
SHE LOVED HER FAMILY, ONE AND ALL,
DID HER BEST AT EACH BECKON CALL.
THOUGH TIMES HAD BEEN ROUGH AND PUT HER TO THE TEST,
SHE ALWAYS WORKED AT BEING HER BEST.
WHEN YOU WERE WRONG, SHE WOULD LET YOU KNOW,
ONLY TO GUIDE AND WATCH YOU GROW.
HER LAUGHTER, HER SMILE YOU WILL NEVER FORGET,
ONLY TO KNOW SHE STILL LOVES YOU YET.
HER TOUCH , HER HUGS, AND EVEN HER KISS
ARE ONLY PART OF WHAT YOU WILL MISS.
LONG TALKS, LONG WALKS YOU'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER,
AND KNOW
SHE TRIEDTO SHARE THEM WITH EACH FAMILY MEMBER.
YOUR TIME WITH HER, NOW SEEMS ONLY SO BRIEF,
YOUR ONLY CONTENT KNOWING SHE'S GOT REST AND EVERLASTING RELIEF.
A BABY, A GIRL, A WOMAN FULL OF LOVE,
A WIFE, A MOTHER, YOU'LL SHARE FROM ABOVE.
A GRANDMA TOO. ONE TO TWENTY,
WELL ALL MISS HER SO, AND THANK HER PLENTY.
Author: M. C. Harlan
"Shirley Patricia "Patty" Truax"
Oct. 22, 1925--July 22, 2000
