Just for you Dave, in memory of your beautiful Carol, may she rest well

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Hi Guys, as you know we have just been lighting candles and thinking about Dave and Carol, I came across this poem and it seems appropriate. Dave, I am sure this is what your beautiful carol would say, thinking of you hon! All Is Well :- Death is nothing at all, I have only slipped away into the next room, I am I and you are you Whatever we were to each other, that we are still Call me by my old familiar name Speak to me in the easy way which you always used Put no difference into your tone Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow Laugh as we always laughed At the little jokes we enjoyed together Play, smile, think of me Let my name be ever the household word that it always was Let it be spoken without effect Without the ghost of a shadow on it Life means all that it ever meant It is the same as it ever was There is absolutely unbroken continuity What is this death but a negligible accident Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight I am but waiting for you, for an interval Somewhere very near, just around the corner All is well (Canon Henry Scott Holland) we are all thinking of you Dave Indie xx
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  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    This is lovely, a Marie Curie nurse gave it to us when my Mum passed away 13 years ago.  She gave us 3 poems all together, but this one and another which I think I've posted before are favourites and very true.

    The other on is

    I Did Not Die

    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 sunlight on ripened grain;

    I am the gentle Autumn’s 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 star that shines at night.

    Do not stand at my grave and cry.

    I am not there;

    I did not die.   - Anon -

    Thanks for reminding me of this one.  Out loved ones live on in a memories

    Carol x

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Indie that is a beautiful poem I hope it helps Dave in his sorrow, thinking of the family

    Love Teri

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Indie that is a beautiful poem I hope it helps Dave in his sorrow, thinking of the family

    Love Teri