{"product_id":"2940158541575","title":"The Hope Chest","description":"Together Still\u003cbr\u003eLet me hold your hand as we go downhill.\u003cbr\u003eWe 've shared our strength and we share it still.\u003cbr\u003eIt hasn't been easy to make the climb,\u003cbr\u003eBut the way was eased by your hand in mine.\u003cbr\u003eLike the lake, our life has had ripples too. Ill health, and worries and payments due.\u003cbr\u003eWith happy pauses along the way.\u003cbr\u003eA graduation, a raise in pay.\u003cbr\u003eAt the foot of the slope, we will stop and rest, Look back if you wish, we 've been truly blessed. We've been spared the grief being\u003cbr\u003eBy death, or divorce, or a broken heart.\u003cbr\u003eThe view ahead is one \u003cbr\u003eJust a little bit farther, and then we can rest.\u003cbr\u003eWe move more slowly, but together still.\u003cbr\u003eLet me hold your hand as\u003cbr\u003eWe go\u003cbr\u003eDownhill.\u003cbr\u003eIn 1969, Daddy brought this poem home to mama one day from work. He cut it out of a magazine, wrote a personal note on it and framed it for her. From that day forward, wherever they went, mama packed this poem in its frame and took it with her. Since her death, we have looked everywhere for the original poem and it's nowhere to be found. I kinda think mama has it with her. Karen\u003cbr\u003eDaddy's personal note to mama was:\u003cbr\u003e\"Blessed to have shared this journey together.\"","brand":"Xulon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47071546605808,"sku":"2940158541575","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940158541575_p0.jpg?v=1764114162","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940158541575","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}