From Lori:

Just one more entry before I say goodbye to the CaringBridge. It has been such a honor to share this part of our life with you - and such a blessing to have your thoughts and prayers all these months.

I wanted to let you know that I did use the service CaringBridge provides to create a book - it includes all of Phil's journal entries as well as the guestbook and a few photos. There is some cost for the book, but if it is something you would be interested in, please send an email to the following address and I would be glad forward the CaringBook site information to you. [valleychristian@rrvcc.org]

Finally, a poem I came across today. It is found in a variety of versions - at least one attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson. This one is my favorite - by Bessie A Anderson (c. 1905).

SUCCESS

He has achieved success

who has lived well,

laughed often, and loved much;

who has enjoyed the trust of pure women,

the respect of intelligent men

and the love of little children;

who has filled his niche and accomplished his task;

who has left the world better than he found it

whether by an improved poppy,

a perfect poem, or a rescued soul;

who has never lacked appreciation of Earth's beauty

or failed to express it;

who has always looked for the best in others

and given them the best he had;

whose life was an inspiration;

whose memory a benediction.