It’s been almost two years since I lost my angel Sade Polite better known to me as Granny. She was like a second mother to me. In fact, she saved me from my mom on many of days.  I remember growing up and whenever I got a spanking or got into trouble, my granny would come to my rescue and rub my back as I cried in the bed. She always told me to be a good girl because I was Granny’s baby. There is nothing more precious to me then the days we spent together.

When granny passed in 2012 she was 98-year-old. As I sat at her wake and funeral I realized that the women that I thought was mine and the most special to me, was special and dear to so many. She taught my sister womanhood. She taught my mom kindness and endurance. She taught me what it meant to leave an impacting touch on the lives of others and how to live a selfless life.

My granny would get up early in the morning and she would sing a song called May the work I’ve done speak for me. A portion of the lyrics says.

The work I’ve done. It seems so small.
Sometimes it seems like nothing at all.
But when I come before my God, I want to hear him say well done.
May the work I’ve done speak for me.

This song my granny song every week almost still lives in my spirit today and inspires me to never stop doing the work of God. Never stop inspiring, never stop mentoring, never stop believing because one day I want to hear my father in heaven say well done.

What work have you done today to inspire someone else? Whose life have you sown into? Have you made an impact at all? I challenge you today to live a selfless life like my Granny, reach out of your circle and bring someone in. Touch someone’s heart. Impact someone’s life. Leave the world better than how you found it.

Grateful for my angel granny,

Felicia Smith