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10-20-2009, 01:59 PM
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honeychile,
Words can't express enough. I want to share a poem with you that I read years ago. I have told my family that I want it read at my funeral.
Death is Nothing at All
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 of me in the easy way 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 always enjoyed together
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me
Let my name be ever the household word that it always was
Let it be spoken without effort
Without the ghost of a shadow in it
Life means all that it ever meant
It is the same as it ever was
There is absolute unbroken continuity
What is death but a negligible accident?
Why should I be out of mind
Because I am out of sight?
I am waiting for you for an interval
Somewhere very near
Just around the corner
All is well.
Nothing is past; nothing is lost
One brief moment and all will be as it was before
How we shall laugh at the trouble of parting when we meet again!
Canon Henry Scott-Holland, 1919
Thinking of you and your family at this time.
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10-23-2009, 02:40 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LaneSig
I want to share a poem with you that I read years ago. I have told my family that I want it read at my funeral.
Death is Nothing at All
Death is nothing at all
I have only slipped away into the next room
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In case anyone is interested, this poem came from a sermon preached at St. Paul's Cathedral in London following the death of King Edward VII. The full sermon, entitled "The King of Terrors," can be found here.
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10-20-2009, 02:18 PM
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honeychile, I'm so sorry for your loss. (((hug)))
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10-20-2009, 02:25 PM
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honeychile, I'm so sorry. It's so hard to lose your mom. Sending hugs and prayers your way.
And, Lanesig, that's beautifu, thanks for sharing it.
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10-20-2009, 03:11 PM
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♥ Thoughts are with you and yours, honeychile. So sorry for your loss.
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10-20-2009, 04:17 PM
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So sorry honeychile. Hugs, thoughts, and prayers.
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10-20-2009, 04:53 PM
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So sorry, honeychile. My deepest sympathy.
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10-20-2009, 07:11 PM
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{{{honey}}} I'm so sorry for your loss.
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10-20-2009, 07:25 PM
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I am so sorry for your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
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10-20-2009, 08:09 PM
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Sorry for your loss. 
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10-20-2009, 08:18 PM
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I'm so sorry for your loss. My thoughts are with you.
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10-20-2009, 08:51 PM
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I'm so sorry for your loss
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10-20-2009, 09:42 PM
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So sorry for your loss.
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10-20-2009, 10:11 PM
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My condolences to you, honeychile.
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10-21-2009, 05:10 PM
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My deepest sympathies on your loss, Honeychile. She sounds like a wonderful woman and mother.
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