A tribute to Grandad

The house is quiet now But your voice still lives inside our memories

Your chair is standing there beside the window Sunday coffee lingers somewhere in the air Your hands could build and mend the things around us And every simple action showed how much you cared You told us of the roads and older seasons Time would slow whenever we sat down to hear You taught us that a life is built on honour Keeping every promise and respecting those who are near

Grandad, your story still walks beside us In every choice we make and everything we do Although our eyes still search for you along the pathway Nothing that you gave us will ever be through Grandad, we can say your name with courage With gratitude still shining through our tears You may not stand before us, but you stay so close In all the love your life has left us here

There are photographs with colours softly fading Your tools are in their places, one old book lies open wide And all the plain advice you gave so freely Has become a steady compass when we have to choose a side You loved to see the family all together Hear the children running through the garden in the sun Today we keep that welcome in our arms forever And guard the precious bond that joined us all as one

Grandad, your story still walks beside us In every choice we make and everything we do Although our eyes still search for you along the pathway Nothing that you gave us will ever be through Grandad, we can say your name with courage With gratitude still shining through our tears You may not stand before us, but you stay so close In all the love your life has left us here

We will carry on with all your quiet strength We will pass along the lessons that you gave Whenever one bright star appears above the rooftops We will think of you and smile beyond the pain And when another child asks where our story started We will speak your name with tenderness again

Grandad, your story still walks beside us In every choice we make and everything we do Although our eyes still search for you along the pathway Nothing that you gave us will ever be through Grandad, rest in peace, held in our hearts forever Your memory is slowly turning sorrow into grace You may not stand before us, but you stay so close In every loving life that bears your trace

Thank you for each season Thank you for each memory Grandad, in our hearts You keep on living peacefully