 
When
our house burned to the ground in 1951
Our
family lost Bobby, a dear brother and son
God
sustained us thru' deep pain and sorrows
To
regain faith anew for other tomorrows.
Bobby
came to us in a vision one night,
The
bedroom streamed brightly with radiant light..
He
held my sister Bonnie's hand with his to say,
"I
won't be here long ...understand, I can't stay."
He
said, "don't cry for me, Bonnie, and ne'er fear,
For
I live now in heaven where there are no tears.
There
are streets of pure gold in this sunny place
And
I play with children of every faith and race."
He
appeared to me lastly, draped in a misty haze;
While
I was entranced by the smile on his face,
Cherubs
skipped to dance with him on a spiral trail,
In
a mossy green meadow near a bridge with rails.
E'en
tho' he didn't give me his final goodbyes
He
left with his image that so opened my eyes
And
if he had lingered by the side of my bed
These
are the words I wished I had said..
"Someday
my brother, in the sweet by and by,"
We
'll meet again with a host of angels in the sky.
They'll
enfold us inside their wings of soft feather
And
we'll hold on tight...as we glide close together.
Beside
each other.. we'll ride thru' Heaven's portal,
To
greet our dear Lord, the Holy Ghost ... immortal!"
©
Poetry by Andrea Jeanne Petersen
First
written in 1984 and revised May 21, 2003.
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The
summer before Bobby died, he
expressed
liking the song,
"In
the Sweet By and By"
that
he learned in his Sunday School
Class.
His teacher that day had
talked
about Heaven. Bobby
mentioned
to us later, "he'd love to
go
there but on second thought, he
didn't
want to leave Mommy."
He
had a fascination for angels
and
kept our mother busy drawing
them
for him. He left this earth
when
he was only five years old.
I
often think of him as an
Angel
child of light.
(Photo
of Bobby hand tinted
Through
Adobe Photo Deluxe)
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