In the heat of summer in the Northern Hemisphere, I saw my sister's daughter marry the love of her life in an idyllic lakeside setting. My boys and my sister's children spent a precious two days together; the cousins had not been together in the same place at the same time for six years.
Yesterday, a beloved favorite uncle passed away after a long and valiant battle against chronic myelocytic leukemia. He was a radiologist by training, a highly intelligent and musically gifted man. His quick pun-ny wit and sense of humor meant that much of the time spent with him was filled with side-splitting laughter and tears spilling over from mirth.
This week, I will head into the winter weather of the Southern Hemisphere to say a final goodbye to him. I will reunite with cousins of my own whom I haven't seen in years.
Rest in peace, dear TKF....
Afterglow - Helen Lowrie Marshall
I'd like the memory of me
To be a happy one.
I'd like to leave an afterglow
Of smiles when day is done.
To be a happy one.
I'd like to leave an afterglow
Of smiles when day is done.
I'd like to leave an echo
Whispering softly down the ways,
Of happy times and laughing times
And bright and sunny days.
Whispering softly down the ways,
Of happy times and laughing times
And bright and sunny days.
I'd like the tears of those who grieve,
To dry before the sun
Of happy memories I leave
Behind - when day is done.
To dry before the sun
Of happy memories I leave
Behind - when day is done.
1 comment:
so sorry to hear this... lovely poem.
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