A Birthday Memorial

[logcabinmama]

Today would have been a Birthday here. Fran would have been 61 years old today. I have found a couple poems that I wanted to post here.

 

Bright New World, A

 

By : Helen Steiner Rice

 

We feel so sad when those we love

Are touched by deaths dark hand,

Bu it would ease our sorrow

If we could but understand

That death is just a gateway

That all men must pass through

And on the other side of death,

In a world that's bright and new,

Our loved ones wait to welcome us

To that land free from tears

Where joy becomes eternal

And time is not counted by years.

 

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Friendship Is A Priceless Gift

 

By: Helen Steiner Rice

 

Friendship is a priceless gift

that cannot be bought or sold.

But its value is far greater,

than a mountain made of gold.

 

For gold is cold and lifeless

it can neither see nor hear,

and in the time of trouble

it is powerless to cheer,

it has no ears to listen nor heart to understand,

It cannot bring you comfort or reach out a helping hand.

 

So when you ask God for a gift

Be thankful if he sends not diamonds,

pearls or riches but the love of real TRUE FRIENDS.

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Friendships Flower

 

 

By : Helen Steiner Rice,

 

 

Life is like a garden

And friendship like a flower,

That blooms and grows in beauty

With the sunshine and the shower.

 

And lovely are the blossoms

That are tended with great care,

By those who work unselfishly

To make the place more fair.

 

And, like the garden blossoms,

Friendship's flower grows more sweet

When watched and tended carefully

By those we know and meet.

 

And, if the seed of friendship

Is planted deep and true

And watched with understanding,

Friendship's flower will bloom for you.

 

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We know you are in a better place now, but we do think of you all the time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[gardnmom]

A lovely memorial to Fran, Snowmom.

Thanks.

[ozzzyyy]

To dear to be forgotten, our memories of Fran!

 

Bless you, Snow!! This is indeed a beautiful, deeply moving memorial to one so special to our hearts!

[Guest Guest]

What a lovely sentiment.