My Grateful Heart

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I wrote this song on Thanksgiving morning, 2004. The lyrics and melody arrived at once, a pure gift of grace. Since then I have been further graced by many precious stories from Choir members about occasions on which the song has been sung and received, at bedsides and elsewhere, all over the world. My heart remains eternally grateful for the song, for the loving collaboration of those who arranged and translated it, and for my sisters in the Choir who sing it so exquisitely.

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Lyrics

My grateful heart, so filled with years of living.
Memories flow by me like petals on a stream.
My grateful heart forgives so many sorrows,
Brings peace that lasts forever, illuminates the dream.

Additional verse for memorial services:
Our grateful hearts recall your gentle spirit.
The blessings of your being surround us like a prayer.
Our grateful hearts now feel your spirit soaring.
Wherever love is shining, we’ll know that you are there.
Our grateful hearts now feel your spirit soaring.
Wherever love is shining, we’ll always find you there.

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