By Mark Rickerby
If we are fortunate,
we are given a warning.
If not,
there is only the sudden horror,
the wrench of being torn apart;
of being reminded
that nothing is permanent,
not even the ones we love,
the ones our lives revolve around.
Life is a fragile affair.
We are all dancing
on the edge of a precipice,
a dizzying cliff so high
we can’t see the bottom.
One by one,
we lose those we love most
into the dark ravine.
So we must cherish them
without reservation.
Now.
Today.
This minute.
We will lose them
or they will lose us
someday.
This is certain.
There is no time for bickering.
And their loss
will leave a great pit in our hearts;
a pit we struggle to avoid
during the day
and fall into at night.
Some,
unable to accept this loss,
unable to determine
the worth of life without them,
jump into that black pit
spiritually or physically,
hoping to find them there.
And some survive
the shock,
the denial,
the horror,
the bargaining,
the barren, empty aching,
the unanswered prayers,
the sleepless nights
when their breath is crushed
under the weight of silence
and all that it means.
Somehow, some survive all that and,
like a flower opening after a storm,
they slowly begin to remember
the one they lost
in a different way…
The laughter,
the irrepressible spirit,
the generous heart,
the way their smile made them feel,
the encouragement they gave
even as their own dreams were dying.
And in time, they fill the pit
with other memories
the only memories that really matter.
We will still cry.
We will always cry.
But with loving reflection
more than hopeless longing.
And that is how we survive.
That is how the story should end.
That is how they would want it to be
Terrie, I am missing you today!!! I cry all the time, no one knows except my children. Because they are here. I get on your website and ready, set, tears! I know, you are in a much better place, everyone says stop crying. But I can't help it! I don't think anybody can. you are so missed, and so loved. No I didn't see you everyday, but I pretty much knew what you were doing.(smile) I don't know what else to do................................... It's still so hard to believe that you're gone!!!
hey terrie you have your wings. fly fly away!
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T (...) V W X Y Z...Did I miss something? No, I've put "U" safely in my Heart
I miss you badly, miss you strong
The nights are dark, they are so long
Days are alike, whatever I do
The only missing thing is you
when tomorrow starts without me,
and i'm not there to see,
if the sun should rise and find your eyes
are filled with tears for me
i wish so much you wouldn't cry
the way you did today,
while thinking of the many things
we didn't get to say.
i know how much you love me,
as much as i love you
and each time that you think of me
i know you'll miss me too.
but when tomorrow starts without me,
please try to understand,
that an angel came and called my name,
and took me by the hand.
and said my place was ready
in heaven far above,
and that i'd have to leave behind
all those i dearly love.
but as i turned to walk away
a tear fell from my eye,
for all my life,
i'd always i'd always thought
i didn't want to die
i had so much to live for
so much left, yet to do
it seemed almost impossibe
that i was leaving you
i thought of all the yesterdays,
the good ones and the bad
i thought of all the love we shared
and all the fun we had
if i could re-live yesterday
just even for a while,
i'd say goodbye and kiss you
and maybe see you smile,
but then i finally realized
that this could never be,
for emptiness and memories
would take the place of me
and when i thought of wordly things
i might miss come tomorrow
i thought of you
and when i did
my heart was filled with sorrow
but when i walked through heaven's gate
i felt so much at home
when GOD looked down and smiled at me
from his great golden throne
he said
"this is eternity, and all i promised you."
today your life on earth is past
but here life starts anew
i promise no tomorrow
but today will always last.
and since each day's the same way
there's no longing for the past
you have been so faithful
so trusting and so true
though there were times
you did some things
you knew you shouldn't do
but you have been forgiven
and now at last you're here
so won't you come and take my hand
and share my life with me?
so when tomorrow starts without me
don't think we're far apart
for everytime you think of me
i'm right here,in your heart
J&J Williams
author believed to be
david romano
