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You can shed tears
that they are gone,
or you can smile because 
they have lived.
You can close your eyes 
and pray they'll come back,
or you can open your eyes
and see all they have left.
Your heart can be empty
because you can't see them,
or you can be happy for tomorow
because of yesterday.
You can remember them
and only that they have gone,
or you can cherish their memory
and let it live on.
You can cry and close your mind,
be empty and turn your back,
or you can do what
they would want.
Smile, open your eyes,
love and go on.

Perhaps they are not
stars in the sky,
but rather openings
where our loved ones
shine down
to let us know
they are happy.

Fondly loved and deeply mourned,
heart of our heart,
we miss you so;
often, our darling, our tears flow,
dimming your picture
before our eyes,
but never the one
in our heart that lies.
The stars seem dim
as we whisper low,
our darling girl, we miss you so.
*****
We hold our children's hand
for a while,
Their hearts forever.

I'd like the memory of me
to be a happy one.
I'd like to leave an after glow
of smiles when life is done,
I'd like to leave an echo
whispering softly
down the ways,
Of happy times and
laughing times and bright
and summer days.
I'd like the tears of those who
grieve, to dry before the sun,
Of happy memories that I leave
When life is done.

We had a wonderful grandmother,
One who never really grew old;
Her smile was made of sunshine,
And her heart was solid gold;
Her eyes were as bright
as shinging stars,
And in her cheeks fair roses you see.
We had a wonderful grandmother,
And that's the way it will always be.
But take heed, because
She's still keeping an eye on all of us,
So let's make sure
She will like what she sees.

No farewell words were spoken
No time to say goodbye
You were gone before we knew it,
And only God knows why.

When someone you love
becomes a memory,
the memory
becomes a treasure.

God, grant me the Serenity
to accept the things
I cannot change,
Courage to change
the things I can,
and the Wisdom to know
the difference.

Lord, You said that once I decided
to follow you, we would walk
side by side through life.
But when I needed you most,
I see only one set of
footprints in the sand.
The Lord replied: "I love you
and I would never leave you.
During your times of trial
and suffering, when you see
only one set of footprints,
it was then that I carried you".

"Make yourself familiar
with the angels,
and behold them
frequently in spirit;
for without being seen,
they are present with you"

"The guarian angels of life
sometimes fly so high
as to be beyond our sight,
but they are always
looking down upon us".
Jean Paul Richter

If I should go tomorrow
It would never be goodbye
For I have left
my heart with you,
So don't you ever cry.
The love that's deep within me
Shall reach you from the stars,
You'll feel it from the heavens,
And it will heal the scars.

Those we love don't go away,
They walk beside us every day,
Unseen, unheard,
but always near,
Still loved, still missed
and very dear.

Those we love remain with us,
for love itself lives on,
and cherished memories
never fade
because a loved one's gone.
Those we love can never be
More than a thought apart,
for as long as there is memory
they'll live on in our heart.

We hold you close
within our hearts,
And there you shall remain,
To walk with us
throughout our lives,
Until we meet again.
So rest in peace
dear loved one,
And thanks for
all you've done,
We pray that God
has given you,
The crown you've
truly won.

Forever remembered,
Forever missed.

Though absent
you are very near,
Still loved, still missed,
and very dear.

Sweet little flower
of heavenly birth,
She was too fair
to bloom on earth.

His charming ways
and smilling face,
Are a pleasure to recall,
He had a kindly word for each,
And died beloved by all.

He walks with us
down quiet paths,
And speaks in wind and rain,
For the magic power of memory,
Gives him back to us again.

Gone are the days
we used to share,
But in our hearts
you are always there,
The gates of memory
will never close,
We miss you more
than anyone knows,
With tender love
and deep regret,
We who love you
will never forget.

It's hard to believe
you are no longer here,
We think of you,
You feel so near,
In some small way,
every single day,
Memories of you
come our way.

While you, dear Mother,
rest and sleep,
Your loving memory
we'll always keep.

Lord, make me an instrument
of your peace.
Where there is hatred,
let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith:
Where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I
may not so much seek to
be consoled as to console;
To be understood
as to understand;
To be loved as to love.
For it is in giving
that we receive,
It is in pardoning
that we are pardoned,
And it is in dying that we are
born to eternal life.

Life is but a stopping place,
A pause in what's to be
A resting place along the road,
To Sweet Eternity
We all have differen journeys,
Different paths along the way,
We all were meant to
learn some things,
But never meant to stay . . .
Our destination is a place,
Far greater than we know,
For some, the journey's quicker,
For some, the journey's slow.
But when the journey finall ends,
We'll claim a great reward,
And find an everlasting peace,
Together with the Lord.

A butterfly lights beside us
like a sunbeam
And for a brief moment
its glory and beauty
belong to our world
But then it flies again
And though we wish
it could have stayed . . .
We feel lucky to have seen it.
Oh Angel of God,
my guardian dear,
To whom God's love
commits me here,
Ever this day be at my side,
to light, to guard, to rule
and guide. Amen

Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy,
hail our life, our sweetness
and our hope.
To thee do we cry,
poor banished children of Eve;
to thee do we send up our sighs,
mournings and weepings,
in this valley of tears.
Turn then, most gracious Virgin Mary,
thine eyes of mercy towards us;
and after this our exile,
show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
Pray for us Oh Holy Mother of God.

Dad
We'll always remember
that special smile,
that caring heart,
that warm embrace,
you always gave us.
You being there for Mam and us,
through good and bad times,
no matter what.
We'll always remember you Dad
because there'll never be another one,
to replace you in our hearts,
and the love we will always
have for you.

Our Father, Who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy Will be done, on earth
as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day
our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those
who trespass against us.
And lead us not
into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
Amen.

Tacaigh linn, a Thiarna, ar feadh an lae,
Go síneadh scátha um ard thrathnóna,
Go mbeidh deifir an domhain ciúnaithe
Agus fiabhras an tsaoil thart
Agus ár gcuid oibre déanta.
Ansin, a Thiarna, i do thrócaire
Bronn dídean orainn
Agus, ar deireadh,
scíth naofa an tsuaimhnis
Tré Chríost ár dTiarna.
Amen.

A sad farewell to one we've loved,
Kind mother we recall;
Good mother with a gentle heart,
So full of love for all.
And in the evening of your life
A grandmother full of care;
In all our needs, at every turn,
We found you waiting there.

A golden heart stopped beating,
hard working hands at rest,
God broke our hearts to prove,
he only takes the best.
They say that memories are golden,
well maybe that is true,
but we never wanted memories,
we only wanted you.
You are gone but not forgotten,
never will your memory fade,
may Heaven's blessings ever linger,
around the grave where you are laid.
Because you are so special,
no words could ever say,
how much we love and miss you,
today and everyday.

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 still are.
Why should I be out of mind
because I am out of sight,
I am but waiting for you,
For an interval.
Somewhere near,
just around the corner.
All is well.

You can only have one Mother,
patient, kind and true.
No other friend
in all the world,
will be the same to you.
When other friends
forsake you,
to mother you will return,
for all her loving kindness,
she asks nothing in return.
When we look upon
her picture,
sweet memories we recall,
of a face so full of sunshine,
and a smile for one and all.

I am home in Heaven dear ones,
oh! so happy and so bright,
there is perfect joy and beauty,
in this everlasting light.
Jesus came Himself to meet me,
in that way so hard to tread,
and with Jesus' arm to lean on,
could I have one doubt or dread?
Then you must not grieve for me,
for I love you dearly still,
try to look beyond earth's shadows,
pray to trust our Father's will.

May you see God's light
on the path ahead,
when the road you walk is dark.
May you always hear,
even in your hour of sorrow,
the gentle singing of the lark.
When times are hard may hardness
never turn your heart to stone,
may you always remember
when the shadows fall,
you do not walk alone.

Yesterday is but a dream
and tomorrow is only a vision.
But today well lived makes
every yesterday
a dream of happiness.
And every tomorrow,
a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore,
to this day.
What you are is God's
gift to you.
What you make of yourself
is your gift to God.