PREPARATION

Days before

my mother passed away,

I gave her a simple manicure …

I gently rubbed lotion 

on her hands

and feet 

and face …

I brushed her hair

and placed a hint of color

on her lips.

As I look back on that morning,

I see that it was 

Preparation.

She reached out 

for my hand.

I took it and began to slowly sing

“Blessed Assurance.”

Without a sound,

she mouthed the words

as I sang; 

she squeezed my hand

in time to the music.

I proclaimed with joy, 

“We are singing a duet!”

As I look back on that morning,

I see that it was

Preparation.

Preparation for her duet

with Another …

and my duet 

with Another

as well.

Blessed Assurance.

Yes, as I look back on that morning,

I see that it was all

Preparation.

(My mother, Betty Lazenby Murdock, passed away on 4-4-19)