Goodbye!! Marie Edwards

2/3/10 Another one I was asked to write....  I meet Maria in Jr High and it wasn't long before she became one of my biggest fans. Someone I could run to and confide in.  She was the second grandma I never had for moms mother died when she learned she was pregnant with me. 

Goodbye Marie Edwards

You were the Grandmother that I never had.
You were the friend I could always count on.
You encouraged me to do many great things
And some you may not have been proud.
But you stood by me though everything.

Though we may not have been blood.
I felt that was only an excuse.
You were my family
And I know I was yours.
Forever accepted never to part

My heart shattered at the call
That you have now departed.
I hope the Skies open up for you
With golden gates and angels waiting
You deserve that. For everything you did

You were always there even when
Nobody asked
Though many never said thanks
Or giving back
We always wanted too

Everyone could talk to you about anything
You were so wise
You knew everything and what you didn’t
You found out.
I’m sorry we never told you what you were to us.

You were the mother that everyone wanted
The one who sat at a bar and had a beer
Would talk of anything from God and the most
Holy of holy things
So blessed with knowledge

To the things that I can’t say
The most unholiest of things
I remember you calling and talking of things
That made my friends ears go pink when they
Knew we were talking to our Grandmother

I’ll leave it at that for you know what conversations.
The many times we called to check on you
And your most stubborn states of not answering the phone
For days, weeks, sometimes even months.
The many late nights sitting watching movies