We all make mistakes.
If I judge you for your mistakes,
I have to judge myself for my mistakes.
Mistakes our meant to be learned from,
To grow in your walk with Christ.
Mistakes our stepping stones in life,
You learn from your mistakes.
So you won’t do it again.
And we also have to take consequences of our mistakes.
Even parents.
They make mistakes in caring too much,
And trying to keep children from making a mistake.
They say “I don’t want you to make the same mistake like I did”
How do you learn from your mistakes,
If they don’t let you make a mistake,
So you can learn from it?
Because once you get older,
You’re going to be free.
And make mistakes that you never got a chance to do,
Mistakes you never learned from.
Parents are here for children to lean on,
If parents didn’t let you make mistakes,
It’s harder to learn from mistakes.
Mistakes is life,
GRANDMA STOOD OVER THE STOVE
BOILING WATER AND CUTTING UP Vegetables
AND MEAT FOR Sundays DINNER
BEEF STEW
I CALLED OUT TO HER
I WALKED OUT INTO THE KITCHEN
AND SHE WAS STANDING THERE WITH TEARS IN HER EYES
I SAID GRANDMA WHAT’S WRONG
SHE SAID NOTHING CHILD
NOW GO BACK TO THE TABLE AND HAVE A SEAT
I ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT WAS WRONG WITH GRANDMA I WOULD SEE
HER EVERYDAY
BUT SOMETIMES SHE DIDN’T WANT TO COME OUTSIDE AND PLAY
HER WEIGHT WAS GOING UP AND DOWN AND I ALWAYS ASKED HER WHY
SHE WOULD SAY OH CHIL’ NOTHING YOU’LL
LEARN ABOUT IT ONCE YOU GET OLDER
SHE ‘LL JUST SAY GRANDMA NOT FEELING TO GOOD
NOW CAN YOU COME AND BRAID MY HAIR FOR ME
GRANDMA HAD CANCER AND NOW I SEE WHY GRANDMA COULDN’T COME
OUT AND PLAY
I stand here in my kitchen over my crock pot with tears in my eyes
I WENT THROUGHT WHAT GRANDMA WENT
THROUGH I WISH THAT SHE WAS STILL HEre TODAY
I understood her from my own experience
Long after she’s gone
She’s still my hero
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