I received this poem from our 17 yr old son’s girlfriend of 2 plus years. We consider her part of the family and I know she loved Ellie dearly. I know the loss of Ellie impacted so many. What a beautiful poem by a beautiful and brave young woman!

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I dedicate this to the memory of Elizabeth Grace Johnson

Ellie

My boyfriends little sis who is dearly missed

Her smile was contagious;her disease outrageous

She used to dance in the den while all the medicine ran through her system

She fought the fight of a lifetime

-Acute Myeloid Leukemia-

Grace

The beauty in her eyes never masked by the disguise

When the tubes were tangled and life seemed mangled we watched,prayed, tended to and cherished every moment

Most nights we went to the hospital where she was staying ,laying, all of us praying but fait is fait so now I’m saying

Let us not forget the little girl who was inside a masterpiece in Gods eyes

Grace

At the visitation:my heart racin

I wasn’t ready:my hands sweaty

Then that little coffin and her lifeless body to my left made tears fall down my face like a waterfall race

Grace

In front of me a mother and father concealing it ,but I knew they were feeling it

Reese looked at my face pulled me close and rested his lips on my forehead as she lied there

Dead

I had not yet seen him cry about the loss of her life until the day of her funeral when his heart felt as if it had been punctured with a knife

Mentally prepared I walked in there to see tears on his cheeks and his face the color of a weeping rose

So I pulled him close like he did for me

But the hurt only got worse with knowing that it was Ellie in that hearse…

A family; a puzzle incomplete missing it’s crucial centerpiece

And that is how it will always be

She was only 3…

She was beauty

She was Grace

She was Elizabeth Grace Johnson