BUT STILL IT FEELS LIKE JUST YESTERDAY

I remember the morning you were born you were so small,

Little legs and those little arms

You were so beautiful with your eyes so blue,

and I was the king of the world—a dream come true

I was now a proud father, and you was my little girl

You would hold my fingers; I could not have smiled any prouder,

Or grinned any more

But that was so long ago when we laughed and played

But still it only seems like just yesterday…

It’s been some time since I’ve seen you in front of me

It’s been some time since I’ve held you in my arms

It’s been some time since our eyes have cleared to see the way

It’s been so long ago now…But it still feels like only just yesterday

I remember all those nights that you had those bad dreams

And all those times you and I went fishing

I remember the good times, and some of the not so good ones

Sometimes it all makes me sad to remember those times

But then I look at the old photos of you---and I smile at them…

Those pictures gave me the strength to live all these years

I know we had mostly fun…

But you know it has been so many years ago

But still it feels like only just yesterday

I remember our short stay in Germany, and all the things we had done

Like our boat trip down the Rhine Maine river…

Ole girl… did we have so much fun…

I remember when you came up missing; I searched for you high and low

Then finding you in the wine cellar, just talking away with the landlord

Now it has been over 20 years since the day you left this world

But still it seems like only just yesterday….

And you are still my little…Girl…

(FOR OLIVIA KRISTEN SKAGGS)

(Feb.16th 1983—Sept.23rd 1985)