Embossed upon your heart it came – the place where God did speak –
This invitation to the soul. God’s leading you did seek.
Unbeknownst to you right then, this thought did seem quite strange:
Go now and see your precious mom. The Master did arrange.
The invitation’s words were such that you prepared to go.
There was no date or time or sense of what you’ve come to know.
The invitation surely quickened you and gave you inner sight.
Then sealed by the Holy Ghost, He accompanied you on that flight.
The visit came and went; there was no fanfare you could glean,
But very soon you realized God’s timing could be seen.
A short while later, your mother dear slipped way beyond this earth.
Reflections in the mirror since have shown what this was worth.
The original invitation summoned you, apparently in haste.
The Lord alone knew that there was no real time to waste.
Betty returned unto the Lord, the One who first called you,
And you were left acknowledging the invitation too.
After all these years later, your questions still start with “Why”?
The deep impression borne on your soul was your invitation
To say goodbye.