Poem for Jackson

~Still Would Have Chosen You~

If before you were born, I could have gone to heaven and saw all the beautiful souls
I still would have chosen you

If God had told me, "This soul will one day need extra care and needs"
I still would have chosen you

If He would have told me, "This soul may make your heart bleed"
I still would have chosen you

If He had told me, "This soul will make you question the depth of your faith"
I still would have chosen you

If He had told me, "This soul will make tears flow from your eyes that could fill a river"
I still would have chosen you

If He had told me, "This soul may one day make you witness overbearing suffering"
I still would have chosen you

If He had told me, "All that you know to be normal will drastically change"
I still would have chosen you

Of course, even though I would have chosen you, I know it was God who chose me for you

(By Terri Banish)

*I WISH I had written this*