Gift of Grandparents

With the cuts and bruises we get through life,
we need courage and devotion to get through the strife.
These things come from parents who raise with love,
their children who learn everything from above.
We are given the tools to wreck and divide,
the souls around us who share the same ride.
God blesses us in such miraculous ways,
to instead give us parents who filled ours each day.

From mother to daughter to son and on,
the tradition of love must be carried along.
When the weather is rough and the tides rise high,
together we stand with hands clenched on all sides.
The ship we have built is robust and stable,
passed from generation to generation as long as we are able.
God gives us strength in so many ways,
this ship is one that will sail on, God be praised.

Dedicated to my grandmother Anna Rutherford on her 90th birthday.