AN END "To make an end is to make a beginning, the end is where we start from..." Inspector Morse... All life is a mere memory, We cannot hold it in our hand, Only in mind is it complete. Tomorrow is unimagined, today not yet replete, Slipping quietly into yesterday. Touch vanishes, its memory ephemeral, Grasp slips into the vast unknown, The clock ticks, the hands move on, Each heartbeat succeeds another, The tangibles of tactility Vanishes like smokes fragility. All now remains in the minds eye The sum total of all that's done. Love lingers only in heart's memory, Words fade as deed do. Letter accumulated but they too Record no longer living history. Beginnings must have endings, The play begins, the stage holds life, The curtain drops. Birds songs vanish into air as soon as sung. Birth starts the journey to conclusion. To make and end is to make a beginning, The end is where we start from.
"Red Shoes And Other Poems For My Wife- Love, Marriage, Cancer, Death" By Graham Frear (My Dad wrote poetry to express his thoughts and feeling.) I shared this poem as my Dad tried to make sense of the death of my Mom. - Blessings to you and Violet. May God comfort you in the coming days.
Dear Daniel, you were so sad when we spoke on Sunday. It broke our hearts. But I am encouraged to see how you remembered the day of your wedding with a plan that was what would have spoken to Dawn's heart. Heidi also remembered Dawn in her remembrances of Mom that she shared on Saturday at Mom's Memorial service. We love you and Violet and pray for you both each day. I love the pic of Dawn at the Boston Harbor Hotel on your wedding night. Happy 60th Anniversary to Faye and Jimmy! Peace and courage in this time of sadness.
Thank you, Daniel, for sharing your grief with us. We are on this journey with you, and wish you and Violet good memories, and great peace in the knowledge that you were, and are, loved. Your new "normal" isn't normal at all, but I hope you can feel the continued love and encouragement.
Thank you, Daniel for continuing to Journal about your beloved Dawn and you! ❤️ A Very Happy 60th Wedding Anniversary to your parents! 🎉 🎈 Our Hearts and prayers are with you in your grieving, especially this past Friday, 5/31/19. We love the photo of your beautiful Dawn at Boston Harbor Hotel, 💕. We miss you at Colonial Church. 🙏🏻 Sending Hugs and Blessings, Jay and Betsy 🥰