A Tribute to Gram

Tomorrow morning we head to Nacogdoches for Mom's memorial service at the First Baptist Church. We met with our paster Dr. Kem Olberholtzer and he will be leading the service. Dad has written an 8 page story of their lives together which will be read by Kem. Theirs was a love affair that lasted 52 years, 8 months and 2 days. It is a beautiful telling of what an incredible person my Mom was and of her life. The music to the video is Bon Jovi's Thank You for Loving Me. We were all very blessed to have been loved by Mom. The lyrics are below.

It's hard for me to say the things
I want to say sometimes
There's no one here but you and me
And that broken old street light
Lock the doors
We'll leave the world outside
All I've got to give to you
Are these five words tonight

Thank you for loving me
For being my eyes
When I couldn't see
For parting my lips
When I couldn't breathe
Thank you for loving me
Thank you for loving me

I never knew I had a dream
Until that dream was you
When I look into your eyes
The sky's a different blue
Cross my heart
I wear no disguise
If I tried, you'd make believe
That you believed my lies

You pick me up when I fall down
You ring the bell before they count me out
If I was drowning you would part the sea
And risk your own life to rescue me

Thank you for loving me
For being my eyes
When I couldn't see
You parted my lips
When I couldn't breathe
Thank you for loving me

When I couldn't fly
Oh, you gave me wings
You parted my lips
When I couldn't breathe
Thank you for loving me