Tears roll down a little girl's sweet rosey cheeks curled up ever so tightly on her big brother's lap.
"It will be ok" he whispered as he held her tight.
Tears roll down her older rosey cheeks standing in front of her brother.
"It will be ok" he whispered as he patched her up from an accident.
Tears rolled down her teenage rosey cheeks holding him as tight as she could.
"It will be ok" he whispered as he left for college.
Tears roll down her rosey cheeks once again embracing her brother home from college.
"It will be ok" he whispered as we learned of our parent's impending divorce.
Tears roll down her rosey cheeks holding him tight.
"It will be ok" he whispered as she was leaving for her adult adventures.
Tears roll down her grown cheeks as she again lays her head in his lap.
"It will be ok" he whispered after Grandpa's funeral.

"It will be ok" he always whispered to her in her time of need.
She lives with the echoes of his words as she strives to make the best of her life.
She misses him every day but she knows
"It will be ok"

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