A few days prior to Ben’s heart transplant, a friend of the family sent Lana a wonderful letter and poem. With her permission, I am sharing them with you. First, here is the letter:
March 18, 2007
Dear Ben Grier and Family,Hi! My name is Laura Harvey, and I grew up with Susan and Kip Massey!
Recently, Susan, Kip, and l have been reunited. Some of my friends and I from Birmingham met Susan and Kip at the Cracker Barrel in Prattville a short while ago, and we were delighted to see each other.
Through emailing, Susan revealed that her cousin’s son was having heart problems and might need a heart transplant. As such, I made a prayer request for him at church, and I have been thinking of him and Susan, as she has had some health issues lately also.
Right now, I live in Vestavia Hills with my parents, and I attend UAB as an undergraduate student who is almost finished with her degree in English, specifically Professional Writing and Public Discourse. However, I think that my passion lies in creative writing, and in reaching out to others.
Susan Blake Massey sent me the link to the web site for Ben Grier. I surfed the
site for a little while, and then decided that the best thing I could do to help Ben would be to pray for him and his family, and I also felt that I could write him a poem.I do hope that you like the poem which I have written for Ben. I based it on the pictures of Ben, and on what I viewed on the web site.
Please let me know if you need any more copies of the poem, or if there is anything further that I can do for you and your family.
Keeping you in my prayers,
Love always,Laura Harvey
In order to preserve the formatting and presentation of the poem, I scanned it from the original and saved it as a PDF file.
Please take a moment to read “You Are Special and You Are Sweet!”
If you wish to contact Laura, please let me know.
