Oh Julia,

If I had known, would I have said anything differently?
Would I have wanted to ask you any other questions?

You were filled with joy.
Your flowers knew your voice as you sang to them like your children.
Through you your family knew true love.

To hold space and time with you for even a moment was an honor.
A gift, I knew, that was so much more than time.

You loved and lived your faith like a child.
Undoubting and so pure.

Oh Julia,

you are in the arms of your Savior.
At home and at rest, your journey on this earth is over.

And in God’s presence your song is singing.
Oh child, he says, you are mine forever.