"Ahnee! Ahnee! Ahnee!"
Cried the small, cherubic boy...
Eyes and face alight,
Glowing with love and joy.
"Her name is Nana", he'd been told;
That's how he'd always known me.
Just learning to talk, so I thought
He was mistaking me for his 'Auntie'.
Soon he was off and running,
And I heard his mother say,
"Do you know what he just called you?";
Then the answer blew me away.
My spirit burst from my breast
And went soaring up so high
That I could swear I heard angels
Singing praises in the sky.
You can keep your Power and Fame,
Your eternal pursuit of money...
I can need or want for nothing
Since my grandson called me "Honey"!!!
A. K. Garrigus
February 18,2005
(revised 2/20/07)
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