Christmas Without You

A day with the angels

A day with the lord

A Christmas without you

Man, we were bored

Some laughing and joking

Most smiles were forced

But Santa still came

For Travis and Tyler of course!!

We opened some gifts

It was not nearly the same

You could tell we were scared

To mention "The Name"!

Afraid of the outcome

I guess we feared for the worst

But the fact you were missing

Was the original curse

So we moved through the gifts

And then it came to Dads time

He had 2 little gifts

One happened to be mine

I was not gonna do it

For fear of a lecture

But how could that happen

If I gave him our picture

As he opened it up

He started to sigh

There was no doubt in my mind

He wanted to cry

He held the tears back

But his bottom lip quivered

He sat back on the couch

And sipped on his Chivas

Dinner was here

So we sat in our place

All nervous to see

If Dad would say grace

He said a few words

No names was he able

To mention our Pal

Who was not at the table

We finished our dinner

No mention of sadness

Just wondering what happened

To our Merry Christmas

Christmas without you

For this was our first

Some people have told me

It would be the worst

I guess they don't realize

Or just cannot tell

That Christmas without you

Is our living hell

And until we can do it

Together again

Then the rest will hurt too

Without you my friend

The night moved by quickly

And then came to an end

1 year and counting

Till we do it again!!!!