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Say not in grief, he is no more,
But live in thankfullness, that he was.

(Hebrew proverb)

Yesterday is a memory
Tomorrow is a mystery
Today is a gift
That is why we call it
The present

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal;
Love leaves a memory no one can steal.
( Irish Tombstone )

Grief remains one of the few things that has the power to silence us.

n

Life Goes On

If I should go before the rest of you
Break not a flower
Nor inscribe a stone
Nor when I am gone
Speak in a Sunday voice
But be the usual selves
That I have known.

Weep if you must
Parting is hell
But life goes on
So .... sing as well.

Nudging for Anita, who has just lost her dear Mum.

Lizx

Remembering today the birthday of my lovely Mum who I miss so very much.
Raising my glass to wish a Happy Birthday Mum.

Gone but not forgotten.

We Will Hurt

We will hurt
For the love we can't give.

We will rejoice
For the love you have received.

We will be restless
For our lives are not whole.

We will be peaceful
For we know it is not forever.

A classic this.... read out in Four Weddings And A Funeral.

FUNERAL BLUES .......... W.H.AUDEN

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone
Prevent the dog barking with a juicy bone
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He is Dead.
Put crepe bows around the necks of the public doves
Let traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.

He was my North, my South, my East and West
My working week and my Sunday rest
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song
I thought that love would last forever.
I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now, put out every one
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the woods
For nothing now can ever come to any good.

Beautiful verses that maybe Carole (Tinkerbell) will find comforting when able to read them. My sympathy Carole, on the sad loss of your Dad

Lizxx

I Am Not Gone written by Michael Ashby

I am not gone
While you cry with me
I am not gone
While you smile with me
I am not gone
While you remember with me.

I will come
When you call my name
I will come
When I feel your pain
I will come
On your final day.

It could never be
That we
Would never be.

We shall always
Be together
Forever.

I am not gone.

- n -

Ah bless you Liz for those kind words and like you, I also believe that one day we will meet again.

More words to share:-

TIME written by Henry Van Dyke

Time is too slow for those who wait
Too swift for those who fear
Too long for those who grieve
Too short for those who rejoice
But for those who love
Time is Eternity.

Gloria, that must have been so hard for your family to accept, losing a loved one so young and so suddenly. Just be reassured that one day you will all see her again.

Lizx

Hello All........... I am back once again:-

Life is eternal, and love is immortal, and
death is only the horizon, and
the horizon is nothing save the limit
of our sight.
(Rossiter W. Raymond)

Today, I stood at the graveside of my 44yr old niece. She had collapsed and died suddenly. The cause of death was "Natural Causes".
In a prieviously fit and well young woman, how can that be? I am sad!

Those we love remain with us
For love itself lives on, and
Treasured memories never fade
Because a loved ones gone.
Those we love can never be
More than a thought apart,
For as long as there is memory
They will live on in our hearts.

Loving wishes sent to Puss and her family at this sad time.

n

I hope all these verses will bring comfort to those who have lost loved ones.
Special thoughts to Puss and her family

Lizxxx

Dream as if you will live forever
Live as if you will die today..................James Dean