Trish and Dan

I knelt to say my prayers today

To count my blessings up

And found that God had given me

An overflowing cup

He brought to mind the people

Who instruments had been

In His great work of kindness

Through serving fellow men

He helped me to remember

The kindness we’d been shown

By two who opened heart and home

And loved us as their own

Trish, my cherished sister,

Who’s been there all my life

And Daniel, man of greatness

Who’s taken her to wife

Yours was a gift most needed

A roof over our heads

A place where we could play and run

And sleep upon our beds

But more than this—you showed us

His tender loving care

When unlocked doors you opened wide

And a blessed home you shared
                          ~by Kathryn Chapman