“Suppertime”

[Sang]
Many years ago in days of childhood
I used to play till evenin’ shadows come
Then windin’ down that old familiar pathway
I’d hear my mother call at set of sun.

Come home, come home it’s suppertime
The shadows lengthen fast
Come home, come home it’s suppertime
We’re going home at last.

[Spoken]
Some of the fondest memories of my childhood
Were woven around suppertime
When my mother used to call
From the backsteps of the old homeplace
Come on home now son it’s suppertime.

Ahhhh, but I’d loved to hear that once more
But you know for me time has woven the realization of
The truth that’s even more thrilling and that’s when
The call come up from the portals of glory
To come home for it’s suppertime.

When all Gods children shall gather around the table
of the Lord, Himself and the greatest suppertime of them all.

[Sang]
Come home, come home it’s suppertime
The shadows lengthen fast
Come home, come home it’s suppertime
We’re going home at last…

……… By Jim Reeves…….

Last night I had told my Facebook family that there would be no writings as Granny was really sick and we needed your prayers.

I have just woke up in the middle of the night and God wants me to share this so I am writing after all.

Mark and his sister and I had just been sitting with Granny last night and she just lay there seemingly in a very deep sleep and oblivious to any of our conversations.

Mark and I had been there a couple of hours and we needed to go to the grocery as family is coming in and I needed to restock some things.

I had told Mark earlier in the day that even though Granny lay silent that I have been told that loved ones still hear us talk while we are in their room. I told him that we all need to let her know that we love her and we are all there.

As we got up to leave Mark went over and told his Mom that he loved her and then stepped aside. I went over and touched her right shoulder and said, Granny, this is Anna. I love you… we have got to leave now so I can go cook supper.

When I said the word supper her eyes popped open like a little bird in the nest. Her mouth opened and she tried to speak. I took a step back and motioned for Mark and Martha to come up as Granny was trying to say something.

Martha said, Mama, are you hungry and Granny said yes.

We all three stood amazed and just looked at each other. I said I don’t know if it is safe for us to try and feed her something as earlier in the day the staff had tried and she couldn’t swallow. I suggested we go get someone and ask.

An RN just so happened to be outside the door in the hallway. I went and told her that Granny had opened her eyes and said she was hungry and was it alright to feed her something. At first the nurse was reluctant and said, but she can’t swallow. Soon, she decided to come in the room and check. She saw as we had that Granny was alert. She went to the cart and got a nutrient food item that seemed the consistency of applesauce or similar. She reentered the room with the food source in a cup and a spoon in her hand.

The nurse raised the bed a little and began to feed Granny. Slow, miniature bites but yes she was swallowing!

The atmosphere in the room instantly changed and we all became excited. Granny had just eaten 2 ounces of food and very little of it drooled out of her mouth.

We were overjoyed! We know her time on this earth is short and we thought it might even be this weekend but God’s timing is not our timing and He let us know that tonight.

As Mark and I were driving home, the words to the song Suppertime by Jim Reeves came to my mind. WLIV radio station used to play this as their sign off song in the afternoon when I was a kid and the time usually hit as Daddy was driving us home to the farm and the sun was setting low and it always makes me think of that special time and of my Dad.

Granny has always talked a tremendous lot about her Mom and Dad since she has had the Alzheimer’s and how she needs to get home to them.

Tonight, as I said the word supper it was like a bell suddenly rang in Granny’s head and she immediately woke up. It made me wonder if her Mother used to call her in at supper time.

Whatever the reason was, I believe that we saw God at work tonight and we have family coming in to see Granny today and everyone is gathering in and God in His great love is giving us all that chance to be with her before He calls her home for that great suppertime!