Gabby by Larry / SHARON

LARRY, I FOUND THIS FOR ANIMALS THAT HAVE PASSED. I CHANGED THE WORD’S TO SUIT GABBY. IT’S CALLED “LEND ME A BIRD”. BY AUTHOR UNKNOWN.

“I WILL LEND TO YOU FOR A WHILE, GABBY GOD SAID. FOR YOU TO LOVE HER WHILE SHE LIVES AND TO MOURN FOR HER WHEN SHE’S GONE.

MAYBE FOR TWELVE YEARS OR FOURTEEN YEARS, OR FOR TWO OR THREE. BUT WILL YOU, TILL I CALL HER BACK, TAKE CARE OF HER FOR ME?

SHE’LL BRING HER CHARMS TO GLADDEN YOU AND SHOULD HER STAY BE BRIEF, YOU’LL ALWAYS HAVE HER MEMORIES AS SOLACE FOR YOUR GRIEF.

I CANNOT PROMISE THAT SHE WILL STAY, SINCE ALL FROM EARTH RETURN, BUT THERE ARE LESSONS TAUGHT BELOW I WANT GABBY TO LEARN.

I’VE LOOKED THE WHOLE WORLD OVER IN SEARCH OF TEACHERS TRUE. AND FROM THE FOLKS THAT CROWD LIFE’S LAND, I HAVE CHOSEN YOU.

NOW WILL YOU GIVE HER ALL YOUR LOVE; NOR THINK THE LABOR VAIN; NOR HATE ME WHEN I COME TO TAKE MY LOVELY GABBY AGAIN?

I FANCIED THAT I HEARD THEM SAY, “DEAR LORD, THY WILL BE DONE. FOR ALL THE JOYS GABBY WILL BRING, THE RISK OF GRIEF WE’LL RUN”.

WILL YOU SHELTER HER WITH TENDERNESS? WILL YOU LOVE HER WHILE YOU MAY? AND FOR THE HAPPINESS YOU’LL KNOW FOREVER GRATEFUL STAY?

BUT SHOULD I CALL HER BACK MUCH SOONER THAN YOU’VE PLANNED; PLEASE BRAVE THE BITTER GRIEF THAT COMES AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND.

IF, BY YOUR LOVE, YOU’VE MANAGED, MY WISHES TO ACHIEVE, IN MEMORY OF HER YOU’VE LOVED; BE THANKFUL; DO NOT GRIEVE.

CHERISH EVERY MOMENT FOR HER. SHE FILLED YOUR HOME WITH JOY THE TIME SHE WAS ALIVE. LET NOT HER PASSING TAKE FROM YOU THOSE MEMORIES TO ENJOY.

“I WILL LEND YOU GABBY, “GOD SAID, AND TEACH YOU ALL YOU HAVE TO DO. AND WHEN I CALL HER BACK TO HEAVEN, YOU WILL KNOW SHE LOVED YOU TOO.

 

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