An Angel Among Us

The day started like any other

Until I received a call from my mother,

My father’s health was on an upward trend

Then when least expected, it was to end.

As we mourned our loss of such a loving man

We were burdened with the paperwork on hand,

Except Mom wouldn’t receive income that we had planned

Because the death certificate was on shifting sand.

Dad’s cause of death was determined to be

From fighting fires for many years, you see

But why was the cause of death routine

With his actual medical history nowhere to be seen.

Mourning, crying and bummed

We all felt numb

Because it wasn’t what we were told

It left us scared and cold.

They said that once it was filed with state

It couldn’t be changed and that was our fate,

But it meant whether my mother would be able to survive

Without my Dad to provide, this just didn’t jive.

During the past two weeks full of roadblocks

I found an angel who wanted to help unlock

The seemingly impossible act

Of changing a document that did lack.

Sara is her name,

Wife of the administrator she considers her claim to fame

And she also works as his assistant,

And helped us so much, because she was so persistent.

Many hours on the phone later

Sara became a collaborator

And provided sound advice

That was exquisitely precise.

I learned that something that had been set in stone

Could be torn down and overthrown,

With the will and determination

Of someone like Sara who knew the correct documentation.

For today’s gift

I hope to give Sara a lift,

I sent her a plant with pink flowers

Called an Anthurium for her superpowers.

This was all in honor of a wonderful man

Who not only provided for his family in this land,

But even in heaven after his time on earth did cease,

We miss him dearly, may he rest in peace.

In Giving and Remembering,

Robin