Thank You Dear Lord (For Jeannie)

Thank You Dear Lord (For Jeannie)

©1999 by Bud Lemire

Thank you, for bringing this special person this way

Our sister, to be with us on this special day

Thank you, for letting us see what we see

The wonderful person that she came to be

Thank you for opening the door, and the window too

Thank you for letting us see, all that is true

Thank you for giving her, a heart that is so kind

A good soul, a good spirit, and a good mind

Thank you for the hugs, that she gave us so free

Thank you for the feelings of love, deep inside of me

Thank you for this reunion, that I was part of

Thank you my ancestors, Angels from above

Thank you for sending, her to us on this day

To be with us, in each and every way

Let any doubts, that were there before

Be gone from our minds, and pushed out the door

Let your love guide us, together again

A special giving person, who's also my friend

Thank you, oh thank you, sister of my blood

You've bloomed into a flower, that started with a bud

Thank you dear lord, for guiding her right

And bringing her love, into the light

This poem was written after the 1999 Thanksgiving meal with

Jeannie among us. It started out with confusion, for Jeannie

was crying down at the park near the Water Plant, because Mom

hadn't invited her here for the meal. But Mom thought she already

knew she was coming here. After she returned to her room where

she was staying, we invited her, and it all went well from there.