Dear Family

This year, we have seen our community grow from 170 to
280 members......but that it was not so.....so many
have come to join us in their grief and loss.....
this prayer is dedicated to the broken-hearted, may we
find the key, one day.......

Is there anyone who does not hear Sara's beautiful
song and not immediately think of the one (or two)
they lost? Do not our tears come forth immediately?
Do we stop and cry, hoarse and pained.....

Will you Remember Me

Once upon a time, I lived in a sunny place
It was nice and bright, steady and fast
Life had always been good to us, in Camelot
Happiness was our lot, love was the wind at our backs

Tragedy was something that happened to others
We were the lucky ones, on that we could always count
I was no stranger to death, in the natural order
I had been hurt before, but it always healed
because we lived in Camelot, peace and plenty

That's the way life had begun and surely end
dying in my sleep, a life well lived....well lived
How naive we were, oh my, how I crave my innocence
but that I could find it again, reverse the train
turn back the clock and.....have you back.

Will you remember me?

Unbeknownst to us, a storm, a terrible storm
had gathered on the other side of the mountain
it was only waiting for its appointed time
to roll up and over into our fair lives
to steal you from us and break our hearts

How long did it take? How long before it sank in?
I am sorry to have to tell you, it's a brain tumor
Brain tumor? What do you mean? Brain tumor? Who?
My girl? My boy? My mom? My father? My sister?
My brother? My wife? My husband? My....beloved?

Will you remember me?

Death sentence. The tears have never stopped
flowing from my memory of the moment I understood
that you would one day die and my heart broke in two
The tears will always come easy now, my love
I never knew such pain could ever exist

I watched you change.....
I watched you fight.....
I watched you live....
I watched you die.

And through it all my love, my love only grew stronger
so strong that I can truly say......forever and ever

I will remember you!

You were and always shall remain the center of
everything that was good in my world
You were and always shall remain the life of
our party as we live the rest of our days

 


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Shasta sunset, 2 minutes before memorial service, 2006


You asked me the day before you went into coma
to remember you......you said, "remember me, father!"
And I swore to you then and I swear to you now
I will always remember you.

When the sun rises I see your smile
When the noon time hour strikes, I look around
When the sun sets, I am overtaken by my fondness
When the night comes, I can see your eyes
When the moon rises, She brings you to me

When the rain falls, I feel the new life around me
When the thunder roars, I hear your laugh
When the lightning strikes, I feel your power
When the wind blows, I hear your voice calling
When the stars come out, I can see you in Heaven

I will remember you.
We will all remember the great love
which endures inside our broken hearts
I believe in you.

I ask my Creator to hear this prayer, to feel our love
and to take it upon angels' wings this very night
to the ones we adore, the ones we love, our beloved
heroes who had to go on ahead of us
and tell them.....

We will remember them.

Remember......(Name/Message readings)

At 36,000 feet in the air on my way back
from Jerusalem, I asked God one night
what is it, Lord, what is it that I should take back?
And I heard God whisper to me
Tell them that love is the most powerful force
in the universe....

So it is, God.....so it is. My tears say its so.

Our beloved are remembered, thank you

God bless our loved ones
the ones who blessed us with their love
How we miss you so
We will remember you

Love
George