Time for Letting Go and Letting God

“Daddy, I will miss you
It is time for you to go
My tears they are for ‘happy’
I just want you to know.
I see the angels coming
They want you to be in peace
I release you now my Daddy.”
Then, the little girl bowed her head.
“If you miss me too much Daddy
As I am going to miss your touch
Just send for me my darling Daddy
I won’t want to stay here long.”
Then she opened her eyes
Watched as the angels took him home.
She loved him. She forgave him.
She knew he had stayed too long.
She then could hear him singing
With the angel’s throng.
“If, heaven’s not my Home
Oh Lord, what will I do.”

How would she manage?
How would her family move on?
They were not in recovery.
They did not have a choice.
How could she be there for them
When she could hardly be there for herself?

There was no mystery.
She had to do what she had to do.
Stay clean and sober.
Go to meetings.
Work on the Steps.
Talk with other addicts.
Deal with it with her sponsor.
Talk it over with her Master.

The grief would linger
for many a year.
She wanted to be with him.
She shed many a tear.
She wanted the pain to end.
But she waited and she prayed.
Till the Master gave her sweet release.
Then she knew, as her Father had done
A sweet surrender…a blessed peace.