The Angel We Gave To You

He could have taken anyone But no one really knew Of all the people in this world God had chosen you We’ll never hear your voice again Or see your smiling face We’ll never see the one we loved The one we can’t replace Even though to you We weren’t related by our birth It never stopped you being The greatest Mum and Nan on earth To make our children happy You would walk that extra mile And through their tears and fears You were the one to make them smile Always there for each of us To listen and to guide Through the years, through ups and downs Your arms were open wide Every precious minute Every hour that you gave Every smile and laugh Was a precious memory made We’ll think of you in silence We’ll dream of you in sleep We’ll pray that you are free from pain And hope you’re now at peace And when we go to bed each night We’ll close our eyes and pray We’ll put our hands together And this to God we’ll say “You’ve taken someone special, who We loved more than you know She’s brave, but very fragile So with you she had to go Please wrap her in your tender arms And love her like we do And cherish every moment The Angel…we gave to you”. For Pat…with love from Margaret, Patsy, Raina, Georgie and Grandchildren xxxx