Grandma's Therapy

By NettieMae Smith

This is a collection of thoughts and dreams sifted through and now gathered in a book. A showing of emotions throughout the years and how God influenced my life.

Realizing there is a time of beginnings and endings to our lives. Hopefully, a poem may reach into someone’s heart and bring a bit of understanding and peace.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Jan 8, 2024
• ISBN: 9798888327593

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Grandma's Therapy

NettieMae Smith

ISBN 979-8-88832-758-6 (paperback)

ISBN 979-8-88832-759-3 (digital)

Copyright © 2023 by NettieMae Smith

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Table of Contents

To my grandchildren—Makala, Jonah, Asa, and Kaia—who give my life purpose and meaning.

I love each one of you with all my heart.

Miss Moye

Earth's Loss, Heaven's Gain

I See the Drop

God's Not Forgot

Eternity

Sparrow

House or a Home

Seasons

With Arms Open

Grace

Only God

Don't Cry for Me

Jesus in Sight

Give It to Jesus

Foundation

He Was Near

Hopeless

Miss Prentice

Where I Go

How Far I'll Go

Ones Who Used to Be

God Knows

A Dream

My Story

To Change

No Need to Grieve

I Called It Love

Joy

Counselor/Wonderful

To Hum

He Wasn't My Dad

Did You Pass On?

Love

In Time

Teddy Bear

No Need to Hide

She Will Lead

Zoom, It Runs

Did You Choose?

To Run Ahead

Time Heals

Roses

War with No Reason

Severed Vine

Heaven High

Tomorrow

Feet

Loving Grace

Challenges

Wings

Old Rocking Chair

Lovebug

Bug

Honey Bunny

Makala

Ask Me

Jonah Bug

Makala Chase

Unbelief

Pray

Blood Drops

It's Your Mind

No Limits

One Step at a Time

How Far?

Father Understands

I'm Sorry

There at Last

Heart's Smile

Forgotten Storm

Hometown Drunk

Child of Then

Timothy

Bella

Freedom

King of the Barnyard

Chicken's Reply

I Wish

Trust Me

Day and Night

To Live Life

Memories

In Now

His Glory

To Search

Where We Go

Real Love Doesn't Die

Whispered Goodnight

Only God Knows

Life with No Pain

To Define

They Laugh

Toddlers

Blue Bird

Calm to See

Unseen Hand

Cord of Three

No Need to Hide

Mouse

Love Lived Here

Words

Cause and Effect

Around the Curve

His Love

Unsaved

Love

Time to Go

Jesus Paid the Cost

Ones Who Listened

With a Smile

Words

Where You Left Him

Brothers

He Is, He Gives

Let Him In

A Few Months

What You Choose

Friendship

Who Will?

It's More

Freedom

Unseen Time

He Sleeps

Thank You

In Silence

Mental Abilities

The Breeze

For the Sinner

Because of Calvary

The Last

Summer's Child

Bill

By My Side

Are We Enough?

He Gives

We Are Not Alone

Honey

Time

Do You Make Him Known?

Ernie

Sarah

Angry Sky

He Paid the Cost

To Look Back

Half Full or Filled

I Cry

Maid

To Set Free

Myself

Heaven Celebrates

Honey Bunny

Love Bug

Jonah Bug

Makala Chase

When Tomorrow Comes

I'm Okay

He Understands

Mama Sang

Just Remember

To Hold or Let Go

Sin Forgiven

Guilt and Sin

Love-Filled

To Understand

Secrets

Grands

Bible in a Drawer

Love's Secret

The Crowd

No Goodbye

Third Day

Silence 1

Deceiver

Simple Faith

Arm in Arm

When the Fire Burns Away

Credit Card High

Father Understands

The Same

Jesus Did It All

First Peter 5:7; Job 23:10; Hebrews 13:5

Billie the Bee

Seek Him to Know

Stop! Be Still

Mountain to Climb

He Met Me

Friends 2

Come to the Cross

Now Me to See

About the Author

To my grandchildren—Makala, Jonah, Asa, and Kaia—who give my life purpose and meaning.

I love each one of you with all my heart.

Miss Moye

In memory of Bertha M. Moye, my spiritual mother

She wasn't my mother

Though I wished her to be

She was a neighbor

Who somehow loved me.

I wasn't her daughter

She had daughters her own

But when I was lonely

I'd find her at home.

Now she lives

In heaven above

There with our Father

Who taught her to love.

Earth's Loss, Heaven's Gain

In memory of Ethel

Heaven gained a soul today,

As from the earth she walked away.

No more sadness, no more pain,

Purest love, she now has gained.

When God whispered Ethel's name,

Earth's loss is heaven's gain.

No need to ask if she could go,

God owns all time, don't you know?

In a whispered voice, He said, Come,

Toward Heaven, she did run

Into the arms of God's precious son.

Jesus held her by the hand.

She walked into the promised land.

No need to worry; she's now free.

Loved ones gone on before

Shout victory.

Earth's loss is Heaven's gain.

Left behind memories glow

To live in each heart, she did know

Pictures remind every time

So don't be sad, cause don't you see?

One day we too will be

Gathered beneath Heaven's tree of life,

Where she'll wait for each to greet,

Come, my child, it's time to go.

Don't look back; look straight ahead.

Take Jesus's hand to be led

Where you meet Heaven's hosts,

Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost.

05-19-2022

Memory of Ethel

I See the Drop

In memory of Betty J. Prater, my sister.

I thought God was distant,

He seemed far away.

So I thought for me,

I'd just do things my way.

Life kept on moving,

with all its ups and downs.

Sometimes my life was hard,

when trust in self was found.

Age has some benefits,

as time does slow us down.

Then comes the thinking,

of life and what I've missed.

At last the door is opened,

if we choose to see.

Looking beyond ourselves,

for others, just not me.

God, in purest wisdom,

Has changed the heart to be

acceptance of the cross

and of Calvary.

When He sent His Son

who died for our sins, you see,

I now see the drop

that fell down on me.

08-15-2020

God's Not Forgot

How can you say there is no God

if you never read His Word?

How can you say you don't believe

on things you've never heard?

We live our lives in busy times,

rushing to and fro.

We're only on the things important

to each of us,