
First Christmas
It’s the First Christmas where you are not with me But the lights still shine on this tree It’s still cold outside And when I close my eyes Your still with me And a part of this family It’s going to be a cold Christmas without you with us When you parted from this world The weather began to weep Not just a sprinkle But an atmospheric river, our skin to feel its sorrow beneath The cold rain Reminds us of our pain And your soul To explain Why our hearts burn a little dimmer On this day It usually doesn’t rain here but it’s fitting that God would orchestrate his tears To fall when ours are falling too the world still spins And soon we will probably decorate our homes with lights on the outside and within But Today is a sacred day because it’s the day you met those that lived before that we love And a day that we will always remember you leaving us Although our prayers may have seemed to fail Because your body lost the fight to the disease God came through in other ways Reminding us of His presence Even while waiting at deaths door our hearts may have asked for more But He reminded us of the greatest gift of all That shines like a Christmas tree in the night For God so love the world that he gave his one and only son, the whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life God, Even if the only thing under my Christmas tree is the hope of your word That is enough In you I put my trust It’s getting a little warmer now Your not here now but I know your not in pain anymore A part of me is relieved even though a part of me still greaves I’m thankful that Jesus carried you home But still gave us a few days to say goodbye As we gathered around the hospital bed You still had your wits And seemed to read our minds Like you always did You were a great gift From God to his kids Yeah it might be true There is one less present wrapped under our tree this season And it is going to be a cold Christmas without you But we still have those that remembered you And have made a vow that your memory will continue to live We will make a special place in our garden And follow through on our promise to plant Zinnias in your garden Thank you for being a light in our lives And saying that I was a good husband You were a great gift And example of how to live A life of love and putting others ahead of your own wishes It might be the first Christmas Without you but it’s the first Christmas you are in heaven © 2025 Light Warrior. All rights reserved.

