One Night As I Lay Cold in my Bed

One night as I lay cold in my bed,

I was fill with all my fears,

I turned and said a prayer to Mary.

As I always did when I felt my tears







"Please help me, Mother Mary,

For I don't know what to do.

So I'm telling you about my sadness,

And I'm handing them all to you."







Then as I lay there in my bed

I saw in my mind without fear

Our Lady?s Most Divine love,

As She looked at me from Heaven above







She looked at me with sadness in Her eyes

As she reached her hand to my Heart,

I handed her my sadness,

And She took them to her Sacred Heart,







I felt the sadness leave me,

As She held me close to Her Heart

I looked at Her in wonder

As She smiled at me with love









Then my Heavenly Mother Mary

Opened wide her mantle blue,

She wrapped it all around me,

For protection, so true,







And though no words were spoken,

I could see into Mary?s Divine eyes,

From then on and after I knew,

That Mary hold me in Her Heart





Copright@2006 Ann Thompson

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So many things to be thankful for

So many things to be thankful for

Before I walk out the door

Many, Many times I wondered how

Life could be so depressing



Then a child is born

And makes everything so clear

For it is for her I have sworn

To turn life around and have no more fear



So many things to be thankful for

Before I walk out the door

But this day

I will be thankful for her more

(c) Stephanie M. Bass




The Luminous Glow

The luminous glow
Of the beautiful sun
Over the water below
Now it has begun

The water is so reflective
Like a mirror
from your perspective
Only sometimes being clearer

The sun is so bright
So big on the horizon
Taking all the fright
And throwing it out one by one

The luminous glow
Of the beautiful sun
Over the water below
Oh, how it can never be outdone

(c) Stephanie M. Bass