* Memories *  / Linda Baker (Eldest Daughter )

Memories

They say memories are golden, 
well maybe that is true.
I never wanted memories, I only wanted you.
A million times I needed you,
 a million times I cried.
If love alone could have saved you, 
you never would have died.
In life I loved you dearly, in death I love you still.
In my heart you hold a place 
no one could ever fill.
If tears could build a stairway
 and heartache make a lane,
I'd walk the path to heaven 
and bring you back again.
Our family chain is broken, 
and nothing seems the same.
But as we are called one by one, 
the chain will link again. 

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Dad / Linda Baker (Eldest Daughter )

   DAD  


“I can't repay the lessons 
that you taught when I was small,
 or give you, gift for gift,
 the daily treasures I recall... 

I can't return encouragement 
and loving words of praise
 in quite the way you did for me, 
through all my childhood days. 

But there is one gift that I can give... 
It's all the love you've earned. 
For love is what you always taught... 
And Love is what I learned." 

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Is It Really Time To Move On?  / Linda Baker (Eldest Daughter )

Is It Really Time To Move On? 

Why oh why must you say
Things that hurt me in such a way
That my grieving here on earth is done
Have you no respect for a grieving one?

Do you not know what those words do to me
How often you tell me "Please just let him be"
How that puts a hole deep inside my heart
Telling me to move on give your life a fresh start

Do you expect me to forget my daddy?
My daddy who is my precious one
How could you do this to a grieving one
Telling me that my daddy is now gone

Every time you say those words I hate to hear
It brings all that pain back with many tears
I can not forget what has happened that day
Those are memories that will never go away

He will always hold a special spot in my heart
And that will never ever depart
I love my dad so much you see
And it hurts when you tell me to let him be

He holds a spot close to my heart
And we are never far apart
I am a grieving one
Whose heart is now gone

My dad is my world to me
And I will not let him be
I need you to just understand
And come and take my hand

Just come and be by my side
And if I need just let me cry
I will someday be ok
But don't tell me to put my dad away

I ask that you say a prayer for me
I have a dad who I can not see
My heart holds much pain
For my dad who I will one day see again

So please just be by my side
Let me grieve for my daddy who has died
I will be ok someday
But for now that pain is here to stay

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