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Four Candles for You – Words of Sympathy

admin — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:19:29 +0000

The first candle represents our grief.
The pain of losing you is intense.
It reminds us of the depth of our love for you.

This second candle represents our courage.
To confront our sorrow,
To comfort each other,
To change our lives.

This third candle we light in your memory.
For the times we laughed,
The times we cried,
The times we were angry with each other,
The silly things you did,
The caring and joy you gave us.

This fourth candle we light for our love.
We light this candle that your light will always shine.
As we enter this holiday season and share this night of remembrance
with our family and friends.

We cherish the special place in our hearts
that will always be reserved for you.
We thank you for the gift
your living brought to each of us.

We love you.
We remember you.
(Author unknown)

Letting Go – Words of Sympathy

admin — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:10:56 +0000

Letting go of everything
Everything I knew
Surrendering for once and all
Is just too hard to do

No matter what’s been said and done
The pain you put me through
I still remember something else
And can’t let go of you

I will always hang on
I will continue
For all of eternity
Forever loving you

Though time may pass I find myself
Trapped within the past
Left behind in what once was
And all we had amassed

Wondering where my love went
How you left so fast
If only I could have known
It would never last

I will always hang on
I will continue
For all of eternity
Forever loving you

Lingering thoughts of you remain
And so I still grieve
Hidden pain beneath the mask
For none to perceive

Moving forward is so hard
When I still believe
It wasn’t time for us to end
Too soon for you to leave

I will always hang on
I will continue
For all of eternity
Forever loving you
(By Heather Marie Covaleski)

A Spiritual Journey – Words of Sympathy

admin — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:42:59 +0000

Life is a spiritual journey from
the first day of our birth,

Life is a spiritual journey on this
beautiful planet called earth.

Life is a spiritual journey -
we’re here to learn all we can,

Life is a spiritual journey -
a special gift from God to man.

(By Faye Kilday)

Light of Dawn – Words of Sympathy

admin — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:25:29 +0000

I light a candle every day,
Hoping the pain will fade away,
But with the light of each new dawn,
Another day and your still gone.
(By James E. Stanley)

Tears and Smiles – Words of Sympathy

admin — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:11:27 +0000

Tears,
the only way to see her pain.

Smiles,
the only window to her heart.

Her eyes,
Show so much of her emotion.

She tries to hide it,
but everyone knows.

Smiles and tears,
Only shows her character.

Tries to be strong for everyone,
Hides her tears.

But in her weakness
Others step up to be her smiles.

Her tears never out weight the smiles,
But the smiles come naturally.

Smiles hide her tears.
Her tears of sadness.

Tears flow freely,
But only when she is alone.

Smiles flow freely
All the time!

She hides her tears
To keep others from worrying.

She suppresses her feelings
To allow others their freedom.

Her smiles always available
But tears hidden away.

Her tears, to show pain
Yet never seen.

Her smiles to show her true self
Her ever sunny personality.

Her smiles
Her tears
The sum of myself.
(By Brandy Morris)

September – Words of Sympathy

admin — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:10:52 +0000

Tonight there must be people who are getting what they want.
I let my oars fall into the water.
Good for them. Good for them, getting what they want.

The night is so still that I forget to breathe.
The dark air is getting colder. Birds are leaving.

Tonight there are people getting just what they need.

The air is so still that it seems to stop my heart.
I remember you in a black and white photograph
taken this time of some year. You were leaning against
a half-shed tree, standing in the leaves the tree had lost.

When I finally exhale it takes forever to be over.

Tonight, there are people who are so happy,
that they have forgotten to worry about tomorrow.

Somewhere, people have entirely forgotten about tomorrow.
My hand trails in the water.
I should not have dropped those oars. Such a soft wind.
(By Jennifer Michael Hecht)

Deaths of Flowers- Words of Sympathy

admin — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:08:47 +0000

I would if I could choose
Age and die outwards as a tulip does;
Not as this iris drawing in, in-coiling
Its complex strange taut inflorescence, willing
Itself a bud again – though all achieved is
No more than a clenched sadness,

The tears of gum not flowing.
I would choose the tulips reckless way of going;
Whose petals answer light, altering by fractions
From closed to wide, from one through many perfections,
Til wreched, flamboyant, strayed beyond recall,
Like flakes of fire they piecemeal fall.
(By Edith Joy Scovell)

In Memoriam – Words of Sympathy

admin — Thu, 22 May 2008 02:42:24 +0000

With you a part of me hath passed away;
For in the peopled forest of my mind
A tree made leafless by this wintry wind
Shall never don again its green array.
Chapel and fireside, country road and bay,
Have something of their friendliness resigned;
Another, if I would, I could not find,
And I am grown much older in a day.
But yet I treasure in my memory
Your gift of charity, and young hearts ease,
And the dear honour of your amity;
For these once mine, my life is rich with these.
And I scarce know which part may greater be,–
What I keep of you, or you rob from me.
(By George Santayana)