3 years ago...
I noticed an...
Elderly Lady...
Watching...
Elliana (then 3)...
As she played...
With a...
Strawberry Short..
Cake doll...
In Cracker Barrel
When our eyes...
Met...
She approached me...
And shared...
That Elliana...
Looked just like...
Her daughter...
When she...
Was that age...
And yesterday...
She had...
Passed away...
Arresting tears...
Grabbed my heart...
At the thought...
Of losing...
A...
Daughter...
In that moment...
I could see..
She was watching...
Her daughter...
As if alive...
Again...
Drinking in...
Every second...
As Elliana...
Played...
Make believe...
Feeling the..
Joy...
And...
Wonder...
Of her...
Little...
Girl.