Random Act of Kindness

Life is serendipitous sometimes.

Last Friday the 13th was the one month anniversary of my father’s funeral.

I was doing some work for a client and was sifting through their “hidden posts” on their Facebook fan page. The hidden posts area is the place where Facebook sends wall messages they think are spam. I got to thinking, hmmm, I should probably check mine too. It’s been a while!

Lo and behold, I found a random act of kindness for someone I’ve never met. It was a poem from Martin at AnitaPoems.com. AnitaPoems was inspired by his wife (Anita, of course!) and he write poems for all sorts of occassions.

The thing about this poem was that it was posted nearly two weeks before I even saw it.

It was about my Dad.

I thought I’d share it with you.

My Father

My head hangs low,
I’m somber and sad.
For the loss of my dear,
and most loving dad.

My thoughts and feelings,
are so hard to explain.
Multiplied by infinity,
my sorrow and pain.

My father worked hard,
was the most wonderful guy.
I cannot come to terms,
to let go and say bye.

Since I was young,
he brought joy to each day.
Loved us unconditionally,
and would openly display.

I’ll miss him so much,
my tears say it all.
As a wake in the night,
his name I shall call.

As my precious father,
and my guiding light.
Having him in my life,
was a fortunate delight.

He lived life,
with honor and grace.
But now he must rest,
in a much better place.

Now, I’m not the first person he’s done this for. I remember tweeting a post Danielle from Extraordinary Mommy wrote a while ago about Martin writing her a poem. Strange enough, at the time, he had written one for me too.

I just didn’t know it yet.

I believe I was meant to find this poem on the one-month anniversary of my dad’s funeral. It warmed my heart up just a bit on a cold, cold day.

Thank you so much, Martin. Your words really mean so much to me.

Tagged as: anitapoems, poem, random kindness