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[newbury_skank]

One day I want hands identical to yours
Weathered with time
Decades of hanging laundry
And baking bread

I want a mind as sharp as yours
Even in the end
Quick with a joke
And a loving word

Your smile, I want that smile
Squinting in delite
Wrinkles around the mouth
And your infectious laugh

I wish to have eyes like yours
Wise and telling
Of watching your boys grow to men
And then seeing them off to war

I want to bring the joy you did to the house,
With a kitchen that never closes
I want to raise my children just as you did,
Stern but always there to pick up the pieces
I want to see the times change,
But not lose sight of the past
I want to fall in love for better or worse,
And stay by his side till death do us part
I want your strength and will to succeed,
As a woman of character and grace
I want to tell my grand daughters that
"you can tell everything about a woman by her hands."
I want to live by that like you did
Build my life to make sure I work hard
Dig deep and take chances
Keep my friends and family close to heart,
And never let them go

I want to be as you were, grandma,
Faithful and passionate till the end,
Touching the lives of everyone you ever met,
And doing it all
With strong but kind hands