Marydale Retreat Center at 945 Donaldson Hwy, Erlanger, KY 41018 US - Love That Will Not Die  

she was lying there in that bed.

She looked so helpless.

I sat down

and took her hand,

so I can give her some assurance that I loved her.

I held it tight just sitting there

Hour after hour after hour,

Saying, "You can make it grandma.  Be strong I know you can.  I love you."

After a while my cousins came.

I knew I had to be strong on the outside,

but I was torn up on the inside.

I prayed to God every night, and before every meal.

I came almost every day

doing the same thing,

and asking myself why God would do this to such a nice person, my grandma.

My little cousin Kelsey didn't have a clue what was going on,

being so young and innocent,

but I think she had an idea of what was happening.

With such a young mind,

not understanding the aspects of life or death.

I wish she understood,

but in a way I didn't.

She kept saying she was bored,

but I wasn't.

I didn't mind at all.

A few days later,

she passed away.

My heart was broken,

but it seemed okay.

Now she is in a better place.

I know that she is.

How can she not?

At the funeral,

I paid my respects and said good bye.

I tried to hold back

but I just had to cry.

The box full of tissues

was empty then

by tears of love

and a loss of a friend.

         By Adam Marcum, age 13