The Precious Gift

One gift, above all others

God gives to us to treasure.

One that knows no time, no place,

And one gold cannot measure.

The precious, poignant,

tender gift of Memory ---

that will keep Our dear ones

ever in our hearts,

Although God gives them sleep.

It brings back long remembered things,

A song, a word, a smile…

And our world's a better place ---

because We had them for awhile!

-Jessie H. Fairweather