Poems & Selections

Forever In Our Hearts

Fill not your hearts with pain and sorrow,
but remember me in every tomorrow.Remember the sky, the laughter, the smiles,
I’ve only gone to rest a while. Although my leaving causes pain and grief,
my going has eased my hurt and given me relief!So dry your eyes and remember me.
Not as I am now, but as I used to be.I will remember you all and look on with a smile.
Understand, in your hearts I’ve only gone to rest a while. As long as I have the love of each of you,
I can live my life in the hearts of all of you

By Kahlil Gibran Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own […]
Just as the river Niger flows Through the ages, so does a Mother’s love Just as Noah’s Ark provided safe harbor from the tempest, So does a Mother’s prayers. And just as a physician’s hands can heal the body So can a Mother’s touch heal the spirit Your love is a constant in my life […]
You left a beautiful memory and a sorrow too great to be told, but to us who loved and lost you, your memory will never grow old. Always a silent hurt, many a silent tear, but always a beautiful memory of one we loved so dear. God gave us strength to bear it, and courage […]
By Robert Frost Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.