Perfection

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A writing for Katherine Jackson as posted on MJ-Upbeat.com

November 14, 2009

To Mrs. Katherine Jackson From Betty Byrnes

Perfection

You were there….

When God filled Michael’s little body, as he kicked in your womb, did you feel him dancing?

You saw his first beautiful, radiant smile and sweet angelic laugh.

Your ears heard the first time his sweet crescendo rose, filling the house.

You witnessed his first dance steps as he grooved to the sound of the washing machine.

Did you marvel to see his first audience clap for him at the laundry mat as he danced and sang?

You woke him for late night TV shows and sat with him watching his idol James Brown.

You were with him and your hearts broke together as you both sat watching and crying for the dying children in Africa on TV, you were the one he turned to and promised “I will do something about that someday.”
Oh how he DID!

You carried his life within your heart and upon your shoulders as you walked along side him
through joyful times and oh so very difficult times.
You were his beacon in the night, his comfort, his shelter, his lifter of spirits, his rock.

A Mother’s love…

He loved you beyond measure…no others could come close to his esteem for you.

No other could ever hold a candle to the bright, shining love he carried in his heart for you.

He emulated your love for him as he reached out to heal the world with empathy and compassion.

God filled him with a tender, sensitive, sweet, caring, giving spirit.

God instilled the most intelligent, creative, genius and musicality.

Of all the women in the universe God chose you to teach him how to share it with the world.

Oh how you DID!

A Mother’s heart …

The world has lost the kindest, most loving man that has ever walked this planet as he emulated Jesus.

I wish I could say we valued him as you did while he was here.

I am so sorry for all he endured by those who could never understand what a precious gem he was.

Only a mother knows a son’s pain. I am so sorry for all you have endured.

No one will ever know what you feel. No words can describe a mother’s loss.

The world is left darker, more silent, and less joyful as his perfect pitch now entertains the heavens.

A love angel… yes, he truly was… but you have always known that.

You loved and shared him… he loved and changed the world…

He will forever be the fabric of love that governs my life… given by the Lord to bless.

I thank you Katherine, for sharing your beautiful, God gifted, seventh child, Michael.

Michael Joseph Jackson in life and in death has changed my life, and is still changing the world.

His love…the love you nurtured in him… lives on.

You are prayed for …

I just simply can’t imagine the loss and emptiness you must feel. We, his fans, all mourn;
but you… you truly knew him with a mother’s heart.

The missing him, the loss, the grief must be unfathomable.

I pray for you, your whole family and especially Michael’s children.

I pray for peace, comfort and sweet memories to fill the void, to fill your days, nights and dreams.

I pray his smell lingers and a sense of closeness be there for you,
and chimes of his sweet laughter fill your ears on the difficult days
as waves of grief and acceptance ebb and flow.

God bless you always. You are a wonderful woman, mother and grandmother,

for as Michael said “My mother is perfection”.

God Bless You and Yours Always,

Betty Byrnes

(California, USA)

Michael as an infant, musical notes, by MIMI LOLA