Mari's Song

I wrote this the other day while sitting on our flight from Chicago to Honolulu. I wrote this song to the melody of this song:

I love you Lord
And I lift my voice
To worship you
Oh my soul rejoice
Take joy my King
In what You hear
May it be a sweet, sweet voice
In Your ear

This is my song to Mari called "Mari's Song":

I love you Mari
And I sing to you
I miss you now
And forever more
Take joy my daughter
In all that you do
May our love show you
That you are our everything

To love you Mari
Is to sing your praise
We all miss you now
And always
Take joy our angel
In all that you are
May your love show us
What love really is

We love you Mari
And we sing to you
To have you gone
Hurts today and always
The joy you bring
To our hearts and souls
May it love forever on
In the depths of our souls

A Poem to Mari

When I lie awake at night
All I do is think of you as my guiding light
You helped me to see
That my life became complete because of thee

To have known you
Is to have loved you
And to have loved you
Is to miss you

I can envision you looking down on me and daddy
And wanting to make sure that we are and will continue to be happy

I know you miss us as much as we miss you
And baby girl you will always be apart of our life no matter what we do

You are up there singing your songs
Probably laughing and dancing and at the top of your lungs

Your arms are like wings as you try to take flight
Because you are so excited by the beautiful awe inspiring sight

Please always remember there isn’t a day to go by without you in our thoughts and prayers
That it helps us to keep you close to us as we all go through our own grief layers

The memories are so dear
That we don’t live in fear
As our memories instead fill us with joy
As we think of you playing with a favorite toy

Daddy misses you
Mommy misses you
Everyone miss you too
Please think of us
Please watch over us
Please remember to do what you love to do