In
Honor of My Grandma, Norma Einck
On
Her 90th Birthday
March
28, 2016
Ninety years have come and gone
Since my "Grandma Einck"
entered the world.
The daughter of Walter and Mabel
Koch,
She grew to be a beautiful young
girl.
As a girl in her teens she soon fell
in love
And stole my grandfather's heart
Though for three years or so, during
World War II
They were many miles apart.
She said she wrote letters to him
every day
That were signed with a spritz of
cologne.
Her words and her fragrance, I tend
to believe
Helped her soldier to feel less
alone.
As war turned to peace and my
grandpa came home,
My grandma was swept off her feet.
Within a few days, they were husband
and wife
And each of their hearts were
complete.
Soon this beautiful young girl
became a fine mom
With four daughters to shower with
love.
She lead by example as a hardworking
wife
And a woman they’re very proud of!
As her granddaughter (myself now a wife
and a mother),
That's where my story begins.
As my childhood memories, found deep
in my heart
Take me back through the years once
again…
Holidays and birthdays and fresh
pumpkin pie,
Goulash - enough for a crowd,
Walks in the field with a long
crooked stick
Past a garden that's been freshly plowed.
In the dark snuggled up to the
warmth of her robe
As her hands scratched my back in
the night,
The smell of fresh popcorn still
hung in the air
In a room filled with soft TV light.
Recently, I stopped to visit a bit
And brought my daughter along –
A beautiful young girl, like her
Great-Grandma Einck,
Proud to carry her legacy on.
