ONE YEAR AGO TODAY YOU GOT ON A BUS.
YOU WENT TO MISSISSIPPI WITHOUT ANY FUSS.
WE GOT TO TALK EACH DAY, WE WERE SO SAD YOU WENT AWAY;
BUT WE KNEW YOU'D BE HOME SOON.
FOUR MONTHS PASSED AND YOU HAD TO GO TO A FOREIGN GROUND.
WE STEPPED ON EGG SHELLS WITHOUT A SOUND.
WE STILL TALKED A LOT AND WE MISSED YOU SO MUCH.
THE KIDS WERE SO WORRIED, BUT I TOLD THEM THIS MUCH.
WE PRAYED TO GOD EACH AND EVERY DAY THAT YOU'D BE BACK HOME- THE SAFE WAY.
GOD CALLED YOU HOME FOUR MONTHS TO THE DAY THAT YOU WENT TO THAT PLACE.
IT WAS SO HARD KNOWING IT'D BE AWHILE BEFORE I'D SEE YOUR BEAUTIFUL FACE.
GOD TOOK YOU AWAY FROM OUR CHILDREN AND ME,
I TRIED TO TELL THEM THAT GOD NEEDED YOU MORE THAN WE.
IT HAS BEEN A DAILY BATTLE KNOWING YOU'RE NOT COMING BACK,
SO MANY THINGS WE COULD HAVE DONE, BUT WE LACK.
KNOWING HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU HAS MADE ME BELIEVE THAT I WILL SEE IT THROUGH.
GOD DOESN'T MAKE MISTAKES AS WE KNOW,
BUT IT WAS SO HARD TO SEE YO GO. MY LOVE FOR YOU WILL ALWAYS BE.
YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME THINGS- A LOT ABOUT ME.
I KNOW YOU LOVED ME WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART
AND I PROMISE ONE DAY WE WON'T BE APART.
FOR ONE DAY GOD WILL CALL ME HOME WITH YOU UNTIL THAT DAY REMEMBER
- I LOVE YOU!!!!!!
~ AMANDA - June 19, 2005