^{I WENT TO HELL AND BACK THAT NIGHT…
BUT I WAS NOT ALONE!}

^{SO SICK, SO FULL OF NEEDLESS FRIGHT…}

^{IN HELL…SO MUCH KINDNESS SHOWN!}

^{FOR THERE WERE THOSE THAT STAYED CLOSE BY}

^{THOSE THAT SHOWED THEY CARED…}

^{THEY BATHED MY HEAD, THEY HEARD ME CRY,}

^{THEY KNEW THAT I WAS SCARED.}

^{NIGHT NURSE, DAY NURSE, THEY GOT ME THROUGH.}

^{THEY HELPED ME UNDERSTAND}

^{THAT SICK AS I MIGHT BE, ‘TIS TRUE}

^{THEY WERE THERE TO HOLD MY HAND.}

^{YES, I WENT TO HELL AND BACK, I KNOW…}

^{SO AFRAID OF WHAT MIGHT BE.}

^{AND YET THOSE GENTLE HEARTS DID SHOW}

^{COMPASSION, CARING – SENSITIVITY!}

^{I HEARD THE WHISPER OF ANGEL WINGS,}

^{I SWEAR I HEARD THE SOUND!}

^{I FELT THE COMFORT AN ANGEL BRINGS}

^{WHEN DESPAIR AND PAIN ABOUND.}

^{EARTHBOUND ANGELS GUIDED ME}

^{AND I WANT TO THANK EACH ONE…}

^{FOR BEING THERE FOR ALL TO SEE}

^{HOW GOD’S WORK ON EARTH IS DONE!}

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^{Carole McLaughlin Worthley
June 16-19, 2003
Cannon Memorial Hospital
(Room 213)}