Granny's Song

 I wrote this several years ago, just after we lost Granny. She was an enduring lady, in that she survived many hardships to thrive during her lifetime. She worked her entire adult life until she retired and she struggled through two strained marriages while raising four children.  I believe she had great passion for those whom she loved and she stood tall against those who challenged her.

Granny was not a complainer, not a blamer, not one to criticize the ways of others. If she did not agree with someone, she didn't belittle them or drown them in a flood of overt judgement or criticism, she just didn't say anything. A trait which I admired greatly in this lady of great inner strength and stoicism. This is my "Song to Granny"

Granny’s Song

“If you can’t say something nice,

Don’t say anything at all”

If all your thoughts are mean

Don’t try to make me small

Take yourself to a higher plane

With loftier thoughts and sweet

Think of the good that others do

Though plagued with faults replete

For we know not what pain they bear

What struggles they endure

And the words you speak may cut one deep

Though innocent and pure

So, mind your words and tone each time

Before you speak or call,

“If you can’t say something nice,

Just don’t say anything at all”