By Gloria Faye Brown Bates/aka Granny Gee
Grandma Alma ... George in top photo. Gloria Faye Brown Bates/aka Granny Gee in middle, bottom photos.
She began singing ... my Heart began filling with tears
Somewhere inside ... where my tears come from ... they began to fall
Fall from my eyes, drenching my lashes with diamond teardrops
The female voice sang ... Somewhere Over the Rainbow ... instantly throwing me into the past
A little girl sat cross-legged on the old, dusty, wooden floor... Hell forgotten for a few moments
Behind her ... sat an older woman, tears in her eyes ... beautiful smile on her face
An elderly man sat in an old, cane chair, his sightless eyes shining with a smile
The sweetest expression on his kind face ... an adult transported back to being a child
The little girl's Grandma Alma ... her step-grandfather, George
The kindest man she'd ever known ... the only grandfather she ever knew
The little girl who used to be ... me, Gloria Faye Brown Bates/aka Granny Gee
Somewhere over the rainbow... has made me cry today ... I can't go back
I cry for the loss of grandparents I'll never see again ...
I cry, because, now ... I can appreciate them fully for the people they were
Little munchikins walk out dancing, singing ... Grandma Alma, George smile
Forgetting the hell they sat in ... focusing on the munchikins ... following the yellow brick road; happy ... magical moments in their life
The little girl smiled, laughed in delight ... in the mind of the older woman she has become today ... at her precious memory
Somewhere over the rainbow ... has made me cry, today ... I can't go back
Go back to a time, visit one such precious moment ... there were very few
I treasure the memory of smiles, laughter I can see ... hear in my mind from a time long gone
Something special in the midst of Hell ... a grandchild sitting, for a moment in ... Heaven
With her grandparents, laughing ... excited ... The Wizard of Oz just came on tv!
I heard a woman sing 'Over The Rainbow' today ... I was sent into the past
Somewhere over the rainbow ... has made me cry, today ... I can't go back
Sometimes it is nice to go back "in time" and remember some of the good times. I do that once in a while myself. It is nice to be able to do that and we can smile about the people we love because we did have some time with them. Love, Ms. Nancy
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