Mary Jane Campbell (Edwards)

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The sum of the days of her life,
Remember the good, forget the strife,
What cannot be figured?
What cannot be calculated?
The impact of her days on her legacy,
Her family, friends, and the progeny,
An honor?s graduate at 16, she gave book knowledge to us,
A gift passed to me, a mother who played basketball with us,
In Grandma?s footsteps, with her kids used to play Double Dutch,
Playing Pictionary with the family once, she sketched a clue,
And in an instant, everyone knew,
Where Johnny and Justin got their artistic skill,
I wish I had visited her more, for the stories, and the real deal,
The promise of learning Pig Latin, Canasta, and Wist Bid,
Today I?m writing and reciting poetry in church like she did,
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