The Gift of Her Hands

She toiled away,

Shaping her craft.

Her speeding hands creating,

Gifts of time and love.

Countless hours given to make,

The beautiful labors for her children and grandchildren.

Now there are days when the hands ache,

Spent and given in this way of love.

But remaining are the crafted gifts,

The love given,

And the thought evidenced for her descendants.

But stronger and better, 

The legacy of her faithfulness.

Walking as the wife of a missionary and pastor.

Through days of poverty,

And days of hardship.

And later, through days of cancer.

Her faithfulness is an example.

Given not only in physical, but in the spiritual as well.

The gift of her hands and heart.