Her Grace and peacefulness through suffering
Taught me strength and endurance
Her joyful laughter
Taught me to embrace life with an open heart and an open mind
Her ready smile no matter what
Taught me that no matter how hard the road I trod,
no matter how dark the night, how deep the shit,
Every step had a purpose and every cloud had a silver lining
if you looked for it hard enough.
So every time over the last 10 years I find myself sitting wondering why her?
Why me? Why so young?
I look in the mirror and see deep within myself the changes,
the growth and the wrinkles that her presence in my life
and her passing have bought me and I have my answer.
Maybe only part of an answer but An answer none the less.
I found through poetry and music i could connect with my
grief and thus move on.
Sometimes these were my own words and other times they were the words of another.
If you read through her memorial you will come across pieces of music that
trigger emotions and memories for me. the words are truly eccumenical...
taken from all religious paths but meaningful in their words. So read and enjoy...
and maybe cry. Tears are the fastest path to healing a broken heart.
But the words that I hear from a distance tell me what i must do and how to
do it
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's rain
When you wake in morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight
I am the stars that shine at night
Do not stand at my grave and cry
I am not there I did not die
Peaceful Blessings
Lou