"Christina and Mark sent us this poem (written by Mark 1996)"

To Leon Family

My condolences to the entire Leon Family. Our prayers are
with you all. Mark will be greatly missed by many. He loved his family very much and he loved God and put his trust in him. He left a legacy of Faith
in our Lord. Christina and Mark sent us this poem (written by Mark 1996) to comfort my family when I lost my mother, may it now comfort his family! Mark knew God answered prayers long after our loved one are Gone. I think Mark
could have even titled this a Father's Hands.


Mother's Hands


When I was young the hands that cradled me were strong and sure.
They lifted me up, they powered me forward.
They stradled me as I walked through life,
How lightly I esteemed them.

As life's road wound through trecherous paths,
I felt no need for these hands to guide me,
Yet they came together in prayer for me,
And unawares they held me even in shadows of peril.

When I realized these hands were my mother's,
I wondered how long they were with me?
I realized they never left and are with me still.

Mother the hands of God receive you now,
I find it difficult to accept.
Yet I know your hands remain, I feel them still,
Someday our arms will embrace forevevermore.

Mark A. Leon


Love Steve, Nina, Stephanie, Tiffany, Brittany, Whitney and Stevie Perez.