When a loved one's gone.
Those we love remain with us,
for love itself lives on.
And cherished memories never fade
because a loved one's gone...
Those we love can never be
more than a thought apart.
For as long as there is memory
they'll live on in the heart.
Rita Wetherilt
20th March 2009
Don't think of Alan as gone away,
his journey's just begun.
Life holds so many facets,
this earth is only one.
Just think of him as resting
from the sorrow and the tears,
in a place of warmth and comfort
where there are no days and years.
Think how he must be wishing
that we could know today,
how nothing but our sadness
can really pass away.
Just think of him as living in the
hearts of those he touched,
for nothing loved is ever lost
and he was loved so much.
Sent by Rita on 3rd March 2009.
Rita Wetherilt
3rd March 2009
Dave, someone sent me this poem when my dad died and it gave me comfort, I hope it does the same for you. Bxx
Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die.
Bernice Lowry
3rd March 2009