Donia Gibbs
My loving Mommy, I know you are rejoicing over the entrance of Cliff and that he is being held in Bettys arms. I know that you see the lives of us who remain, awaiting the day that will allow us to "enter in." Mommy, please give me some of your boldness. More of your unfathomable faith, for I see the road ahead. It looks dark and dreary and my heart seizes within my breast with fear. Help me to look beyond the trial we now face and just see the miracle that is waiting. Sometimes I lie in your bed and bask in the love that slept there. For you have left an impression in this home that paint and redesign will never erase. Your love and faith penetrated down to the very foundation of this earthly home we shared. Grant me the tenderness of heart to unite my sister, brother and myself back together again. Give me again that first love, so that I do not fear, but be open hearted. Erase the anger, fill me with forgiveness and help me to reach out and not fear. I want no unfinished relationships. No broken promises. No regret or guilt should I be left last here on earth. Sit at the feet of your Jesus, the one you knew as though He lived physically here on earth with you. Ask him to grant me determination and boldness so that the work you started will be finished, not by me but through me. So that I might continue to make you proud – but more importantly that I make HIM proud he continued my existance. That every experiment be a success and that I fulfill the destiny designed and placed here for me before I was even born. Send me peaceful dreams of long days by the slow river from Dad, determined joy of discovery from James and inner peace from you. Your loving daughter, Donia