[Verse 1]
She built her table plank by plank, checked every joint and grain,
Learned the worth of solid things through seasons full of strain,
Her thinking moves like deep-cut roots that hold beneath the freeze,
She speaks when words mean something real, says nothing just to please,
A quiet fire banked low inside, but steady, hot, and true,
The kind that warms a whole room through without demanding view,

[PreChorus]
She carried more than what was shown, pressed down but never broke,
Every lesson cost her something real before the morning spoke,

[Chorus]
Terri, you were built for this, the long and patient road,
The table that you set yourself can hold a heavy load,
Every line you chose to draw, every nail you drove alone,
Terri, you were never lost — you were building something whole,

[Verse 2]
She loves the way she loves a cause — without a safety net,
Head first and honest, no apology, no counterfeit,
Behind the scenes she moves with purpose, guided not by praise,
She tends the hidden garden rows and trusts the longer days,
She reads the room without a word, has always known too much,
And those she lets inside her life can feel that kind of touch,

[PreChorus]
The pull between the depth she keeps and who she shows the world,
Has been the sharpest, truest map of everything she's earned,

[Chorus]
Terri, you are wide and deep, your worth is not a debt,
The work done in the dark of night the daylight hasn't met,
Every partnership you've weighed with fairness and with care,
Terri, what you've given out is only part of what is there,

[Verse 3]
The harvest season comes around and something shifts in her,
The tallying of what was lost gives way to what endures,
She kept the ledger all these years and balanced every row,
Now the column on the left runs short — it's time to let it go,
The careful system she maintained was never meant to cage,
It was scaffolding she needed once — she's ready for the stage,

[PreChorus]
The sky is wide enough for her, the ground is solid, sure,
The self she set aside to serve has always wanted more,

[Chorus]
Terri, this is where it turns, the counting is now done,
What you kept alive through all of it has only just begun,
Every door you opened wide, every weight you chose to bear,
Terri, you're the one who stayed — now let yourself be there,

[Bridge]
She doesn't need permission from the years that made her wait,
The discipline she lived by was the key, not just the gate,
What grew in all that grounded soil was something worth the tend,
She wasn't learning how to start — she was ripening toward the end,

[Outro]
Terri, you were always whole,
The harvest knows your name,
Go claim the table that you built —
It always held your place,