Friday, March 25, 2016

Happy Birthday Grandma!



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.

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