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PawPaw

Last night, I saw you

in a place I couldn’t name,

a funeral filled with family,

old faces, familiar names.

The Randolphs stood together,

the Davenports were there too,

and my little sister was crying

like she had nothing left to lose.

But I was sitting way in the back,

away from everybody,

watching life happen from a distance,

quiet, alone,

like maybe that’s where I belonged.

Then somebody saw me.

“Come up here.

Come be with your family.”

And somehow, through all those people,

through all that sorrow,

I saw you.

PawPaw.

I froze.

Because how could you be standing there

when I know you’re gone?

It felt so real,

like I wasn’t dreaming at all.

Like I could reach out

and you would actually be there

if I just took one more step.

Then I broke.

I cried the biggest cry

my heart had been holding for years…

but somehow there were no tears.

Just pain.

Just love.

Just everything I never got to say.

And I hugged you.

Once.

Then I hugged you again,

even tighter,

like I was trying to hold onto heaven

before it disappeared.

I looked at you

with that look that said,

“How is this possible?”

And you didn’t say a word.

You just lifted your hands

in that PawPaw kind of way…

that familiar gesture

that somehow said everything.

God can do anything.

No speech.

No explanation.

Just you.

Just that look.

Just that reminder.

Then I woke up.

And for a moment,

I didn’t know where I was.

Because my heart was still

standing beside you.

And that’s when the tears came.

Real tears.

The kind that fall

when your soul finally gets permission

to miss somebody.

Maybe you were only a dream.

Maybe you were a memory

wearing the face of heaven.

Maybe God knew

I needed one more hug.

I don’t know.

But I know what I felt.

I felt loved.

I felt remembered.

I felt like, for one beautiful moment,

the distance between heaven and earth

wasn’t so far.

So if that was goodbye,

thank you for the hugs.

If it was a reminder,

I’ll remember your hands.

And if it was God speaking

through the man I called PawPaw,

then I’ll carry those words

for the rest of my life:

God can do anything.

And PawPaw…

if I ever see you again,

I’m giving you

three hugs next time.

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