" First Christmas "

My heart is filled with holly
and my tree's a short fat pine
Adorned with satin snowballs
and pearls that softly shine
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My Christmas thoughts are mem'ries
of holidays long gone
While I painted Christmas windows,
my sweetheart waited on
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The cold numbed my fingers,
and paint will sometimes freeze
My sweetheart held a cocoa cup
It thawed my chilling knees!
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You see, my Soulmate knew me
and loved me hard and well
He lost a leg to surgery
Suffered pain no tongue can tell
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But through the years of hurting
Through times filled with pain
We endured together
and would do it all again
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He went Home for Christmas
To spend it with the King
His last words to me priceless
Worth more than any ring
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He said, "I love you more now,
than I ever have before"
With tears, I sang him through the veil
Saw light shining 'round that door
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So I'll not grieve for Christmas
We had our joys in life
Merry Christmas Bill Bailey
I thank God I am your wife.
~Loveya, Lurell~
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(Copyright) JLBailey
Dec. 2004