Knit Your Square to Give Your Share - PART 4

maytaurus

[FONT=&quot]Thank you for all your kind words and messages[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I will catch up .... promise[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I just wanted to let you know that

My lovely Mum passed away yesterday[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]And I wanted to share this verse with you ... especially those who have lost precious Mothers[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]I found it some while ago and kept it for my Mum ... [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]I have put it on Loving Hands, but wanted to put it here as well for those who may not go on their forum[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]God saw you getting tired
and a cure was not to be
so he put his arms around you
and whispered,
"Come to Me"

With tearful eyes we watched you
and saw you pass away
and although we loved you dearly
we could not make you stay.

A Golden heart stopped beating
hard working hands at rest.
God broke our hearts to prove to us
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roamin_in_the_gloamin

The angels are always near to those who are grieving, to whisper to them that their loved ones are safe in the hand of God. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994
Thinking of you all and sending you all my love at this really difficult time.
x

sock-knitter

may, sorry sorry to hear the sad news of your mum passing away, (((hugs))) dont know what else to say, except you will be in my thoughts and prayers
the poem is lovely and brought a tear to my eyes
love shaz xxxx

f1widow

Oh May Im so very very sorry - your poem was just beautiful and tears came - much love to you and your family - we are here for you always xxx

Kinsey

may I'm so sorry. The poem is oh, so true and of course I am weeping for you. Lots of love. xxx

toottifrootti

May I dont know you very well but that doesnt stop me from sending love and prayers for you and your family at this sad time. I hope you get some comfort knowing that you lovely Mum is at peace and free from pain. dont bottle up the tears - let them flow - it helps with the healing and grieving. (((hugs)))

mioliere

Maytaurus - I can hardly find the words, but please know that I am thinking of you at this sad sad time. We are all here for you whenever you need us; I just wish it wasn't just in the virtual world. I would love to be able to give you a real hug right now.

with love

KathyXX

To Those I Love
If I should ever leave you whom I love
To go along the Silent Way, grieve not,
Nor speak of me with tears, but laugh and talk
Of me as if I were beside you there.
(I'd come-- I'd come, could I but find a way!
But would not tears and grief be barriers?)
And when you hear a song or see a bird
I loved, please do not let the thought of me
Be sad... for I am loving you just as
I always have... You were so good to me!
There are so many things I wanted still
To do-- so many things to say to you...
Remember that I did not fear... It was
Just leaving you that was so hard to face...
We cannot see beyond... But this I know:
I loved you so-- 'twas heaven here with you!
~ Isla Paschal Richardson

Seakay

So very sorry to hear your sad news May - but thank you for sharing that verse with us all. It is so typical of you to be thinking of others in the midst of your own pain.

I thought that you might like this poem as well:

All Is Well

Death is nothing at all,
I have only slipped 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 in 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, pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household world that it always was,
Let it be spoken without effect, without the trace of shadow on it.
Life means all that it ever meant.
It it the same as it ever was, there is unbroken continuity.
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.

Henry Scott Holland
1847-1918
Canon of St Paul 's Cathedral

salome

Hugs May. Thoughts and prayers are with you.

x

In_Search_Of_Me

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So sorry to hear about your mum; big hugs and prayers coming your way and a wee bit here that I like.

He is Gone
[/FONT]You can shed tears that he is gone,
Or you can smile because he lived,
You can close your eyes and pray that he will come back,
Or you can open your eyes and see all that he has left.

Your heart can be empty because you can't see him
Or you can be full of the love that you shared,
You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday,
Or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.

You can remember him and only that he is gone
Or you can cherish his memory and let it live on,
You can cry and close your mind be empty and turn your
back,
Or you can do what he would want: smile, open your eyes,
love and go on.
David Harkins

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