Day 16: I love to go a'wandering

I love to go a'wandering

 along the mountain track,

and as I go, I love to sing

my knapsack on  my back

Val-deri, val-dera

val-deri, 

val-dera-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha

val-deri

my knapsack on my back.

I love to wander by the stream

that dances in the sun

so joyously it calls to me

"Come, join my happy song"

I will always sing that song to you, my darling Owen,

and feel you in the wind, the golden aspen trees

that left us in awe on the drive up the canyon,

the thrum of the motor, my brother, the wind in my hair,

the sun falling behind the clouds, the rain,

all of nature in display, all the ways I will feel

you, when I go see Owen the fish, when I go see Owen

the turtle up where I would pray for you.  

I will go there often and we will talk

in that special language between a grandma

and her beloved grandson.

I love you, Owen.