For my mom. I know you will cry, especially being so close to dad’s going to Heaven three year celebration.  I am always thinking of you, praying for you, and loving you. Even though I don’t call home enough.

For The Memories

I booked that old hotel we always stayed at on the beach

The one you loved so much, the waves were within our reach

I made reservations at the restaurant you like

I took a walk on that trail you loved to hike

I bought that old movie you raved about

I know you love me, that’s no doubt

I bought two tickets to the baseball game

I had to laugh when it was cancelled because of rain

I got two scoops of ice cream, one for you, one for me

I changed the paint in the bedroom from blue to green

I got out that old rusty bike and took it for a spin

I was excited when we first got them way back when

I got out the boys old ball gloves

I think baseball was their first love

I dusted off all the old trophies they had won

Even though I knew the tears would come

I even got out a few of those old records

The scratches and hisses, the old covers made of cardboard

I got out the old photo albums

I remember  you were so handsome

I heard our granddaughter playing your old drums

I had to smile as she played to the words she would  hum

It’s all the small things I seem to miss

As I sit here and silently reminisce

All the things that were little all are now  grown

All the things we did together I now  do alone

For the memories,  filled with so much emotion

I reach for your hand and take a step into the ocean

Remember When by Alan Jackson – 

In Loving Memory by Alter Bridge – 

Memories Don’t by Emily Shackelton – 

Remembering You by Steven Curtis Chapman – 

New Favorite Memory by Brad Paisley –  

Slow Dancing With A Memory by Darryl Worley – 

Nothing Holds A Memory (Like A Song) by Jason Cassidy – 

The Song Remembers When by Trisha Yearwood – 

More Than A Memory by Garth Brooks (performed by Lee Brice) – 

The Memory Will Never Die by Default – 

Memories and Moments by Tim O Brien & Darrell Scott –