Jeff (far right) and Tracy Cram (far left) I have known since I was probably the age of their daughter, Payton Cram (the little girl in the middle of the picture) was when she died of Cancer (12). Payton Cram was always a bright and fun loving girl in my family's church. When a child dies, we're left speechless with doubts and fears screaming at the cruelness of God.
In her last year, Payton went to the American Girl Place in Chicago, she was greated by the staff who made sure she and her family had the best treatment and got whatever they wanted. She got to meet Mark Schultz and he wrote, "He Is" about Payton's story along with another family's story of a mom battling cancer. She kept a blog about her experience and would not stop talking about her faith in Jesus. At her funeral there were around 300 people there and I was so blessed by the stories they told about her last days, I felt like I had to put them in a song.
In Walking Payton Home, I really just stitched those stories together with a melody and let it be. There was one that didn't find it's way into the song, but it so struck me that I have to tell you about it. As she was passing, she looked up and introduced herself to someone that no one else could see as if she were introducing herself to the angel that ushered into the Lord's arms. The picture was taken moments later and when her parents posted it on their facebook page, it was titled, "Walking Payton Home".
In her last year, Payton went to the American Girl Place in Chicago, she was greated by the staff who made sure she and her family had the best treatment and got whatever they wanted. She got to meet Mark Schultz and he wrote, "He Is" about Payton's story along with another family's story of a mom battling cancer. She kept a blog about her experience and would not stop talking about her faith in Jesus. At her funeral there were around 300 people there and I was so blessed by the stories they told about her last days, I felt like I had to put them in a song.
In Walking Payton Home, I really just stitched those stories together with a melody and let it be. There was one that didn't find it's way into the song, but it so struck me that I have to tell you about it. As she was passing, she looked up and introduced herself to someone that no one else could see as if she were introducing herself to the angel that ushered into the Lord's arms. The picture was taken moments later and when her parents posted it on their facebook page, it was titled, "Walking Payton Home".
Walking Payton Home
© Kelsey Rottiers, 2009
Verse 1
Payton looked into her mother’s blue eyes
Keep my doll, tell her not to cry
I told her that I had to go away
Verse 2
Wake up Paige I wanna tell her I love her
I need one more talk with my baby sister
I want her to know it’ll be okay
Chorus
Oh, it’s time
Oh, when I close my eyes
I don’t want you to cry
Verse 3
Sunday Service on the morning after
They played her song it was empty without her
hmmmm
Verse 4
Paige looked into her Father’s blue eyes
tugged on his hand Daddy why are you cryin
Payton’s singing with Jesus today
Chorus 2
Oh you tried,
Oh
Oh you tried,
Oh when your eyes
Oh you tried
Oh Just close your eyes
it’s okay to cry.
© Kelsey Rottiers, 2009
Verse 1
Payton looked into her mother’s blue eyes
Keep my doll, tell her not to cry
I told her that I had to go away
Verse 2
Wake up Paige I wanna tell her I love her
I need one more talk with my baby sister
I want her to know it’ll be okay
Chorus
Oh, it’s time
Oh, when I close my eyes
I don’t want you to cry
Verse 3
Sunday Service on the morning after
They played her song it was empty without her
hmmmm
Verse 4
Paige looked into her Father’s blue eyes
tugged on his hand Daddy why are you cryin
Payton’s singing with Jesus today
Chorus 2
Oh you tried,
Oh
Oh you tried,
Oh when your eyes
Oh you tried
Oh Just close your eyes
it’s okay to cry.
Walking Payton Home
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