Lessons from Grandma
by Nila K. Bartley
The wonderful smells would draw us back inside
To grandma’s house, where those smells would make our mouths water
And make us decide
To see where all those wonderful smells were coming from.
Grandma was always cooking up something so tasty
That we would fight over every crumb.
Beef stew with peach cobbler—only grandma could cook so good.
She would always lead us in prayer before the meal,
That was understood.
Grandma’s prayer was even better than her meal.
She would reach for our hands
As she would kneel.
She would talk to God like He was her friend.
Grandma would tell us there was no hurt
The Lord cannot mend.
We would go to sleep that night in Grandma’s house, feeling safe and sound.
She would always tell us
Angels are all around
To watch over us while we sleep.
Grandma would always tell us
In our hearts the Lord we should keep.
My sister and I are a little older now, and because of Grandma and others
Jesus is in our hearts still.
We just want to do the Lord’s will.
About the Poet
Nila is in her late fifties and lives in southern Ohio, USA. She is married to her forever love, Jason. Nila volunteers at her church and was the teacher of the Ladies’ Sunday School class for three years. She considers her writing ability to be a talent from the Lord and serves him with her writing. Nila derives joy from this and hopes people are blessed by her short stories and poems.
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