Our Mom-Mom’s viewing was tonight. Many friends and family members attended to support our family. We are very appreciative of the kindness shown by everyone at our time of great loss.

Here is a poem that is beautiful and inspirational. It is one of the most popular bereavement poems read at funerals to comfort those who mourn the loss of a loved one. May it bring comfort to you at your time of loss.

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 stars that shine at night.

Do not stand at my grave and cry,

I am not there, I did not die…

~ Author Unknown ~

Do not stand at my grave Keepsake Box

Our children’s grandmother, my husband’s mother, passed away on August 5, 2008. She died at home, under the care of Hospice, with her four children at her side. Our Mom-Mom will be greatly missed but it was her time to go, her guardian angel was waiting for her.

This poem is dedicated to Mom-Mom…

God’s Garden

God looked around His garden
And found an empty place
He then looked down upon the earth
And saw your tired face

He put His arms around you
And lifted you to rest
God’s garden must be beautiful,
He always takes the best

He knew that you were suffering
He knew you were in pain,
He knew that you would never
Get well on earth again.

He saw the road was getting rough
And the hills were hard to climb
So He closed your weary eyelids,
And whispered “Peace Be Thine.”

It breaks our hearts to lose you
But you didn’t go alone.
For part of us went with you,
The day God called you home.

~ Author Unknown ~

Special Moments

A special moment…come and gone,
You smiled when you heard our song.

Don’t worry, now I’m here to stay,
I’ll hold your hand along the way.

You don’t have much farther to go,
Grandmother, I’ll miss you ever so.

Thank you for all that you have shown,
A lifetime of special moments…come and gone.

~ Nana’s Corner ~