How Do You Ever Say Goodbye

(This feels a bit strange for me to do this but) last December, the 15th to be exact, when Andrea didn't die after all, I wrote this poem and I thought I could share it... Just a few notes and explanations before I begin, there is a better version of this poem, a more edited one, only it's tucked away and not to be found. This one is nearly straight out of the notebook it was written into. Little Andrea was a fun name I had for her, I had her in my contact list as Lil Andrea and when she turned sixteen, she was determined to change it. So she changed it to Andrea Froese and I took it away from her and entered it as "Andrea Little Froese". It's still like that. That last little Froese is kinda a pun-ish joke, word play if you will, little phrase/little Froese. Just jokes we had. Here goes.

How do you say goodbye to a friend?
I told her I'd love her to the end.
I know she'll be in a better place
But, oh! I will miss her dear little face!!
She's always been little Andrea to me
Or "that last little Froese" that I loved dearly
We've had hours of talking and hashing things
We talked about life, joys and sorrows it brings.
We were gonna grow old and always be close
And of all my friends, I told her the most
Of my dreams and wishes, we'd laugh and we'd cry
How do I ever say goodbye?

Dear Father in heaven, when you meet my friend
There's a little message I want to send
Tell her I love her, always will
When we're both in heaven, I'll love her still
I can't wait to see her, healthy and strong.
We'll be friends forever, eternity long.

I all at once remembered this poem the other day and it comforted me and it seemed like the right thing to do to share it. Keep praying for us all. We miss her so much.