On Christmas Eve last year,
a man came to the door dressed
in a Santa suit.
We reluctantly let him in
not at all ready

What we all wanted,
no one on Earth could give us.
He recited a poem
he wrote sometime in his years

All I remember of it is the opening words:
“Dear Mom, Dear Dad….”

I couldn’t see through the tears
or hear through the sound
of our hearts breaking again

It was beautiful,
this random act of kindness
He did a wonderful thing.
He also reminded us that

God
His son
knew our pain
and his Son rose,
and went to Heaven,
so He could greet you
just as you will greet us

when we come Home.