I miss you so much Mom.  We had a celebration for you, the first of many I am sure, at Rosemary's beautiful new home last Sunday.  A poem was shared that was of great comfort to us.  I thought it may be of comfort to others as well, so here it is.
I love you Mom, I know you are flying with angels.  Forever your daughter, Denise 

 

Gone From My Sight
by Henry Van Dyke

I am standing upon the seashore. A ship, at my side,
spreads her white sails to the moving breeze and starts
for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength.
I stand and watch her until, at length, she hangs like a speck
of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.

Then, someone at my side says, "There, she is gone"

Gone where?

Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast,
hull and spar as she was when she left my side.
And, she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port.

Her diminished size is in me -- not in her.
And, just at the moment when someone says, "There, she is gone,"
there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices
ready to take up the glad shout, "Here she comes!"

 

TO ROMY LEAH

IT STARTED OH SO LONG AGO WITH A BEAUTY STRAIGHT FROM BUFFALO.

SHE MADE HER WAY ACROSS THE LAND...WITH A VISION AND FIVE YOUNG SOULS IN HAND.

SHE DARED TO BELIEVE IN A NEW WAY OF LIVING AND FOUND THE "NEW
AGE" WORTHY OF HER GIVING.

HER VISION KEPT GROWING ALONG WITH HER FAITH
UNTIL SHE COULD PICTURE HER TROPICAL PLACE.

SHE CALLED FORTH A MIRACLE WITHOUT ANY STRIFE, AND
FLEW STRAIGHT TO MAUI TO BEGIN HER NEW LIFE.

SHE'S LIFTED OUR SPIRITS WITH HER MAGICAL WAYS AND
NOW LIVES IN BLISS FOR THE REST OF HER DAYS.

SHE'S A GIFT TO US ALL WITH HER PEACE AND DEEP LOVE..
A MIRACLE WORKER SENT STRAIGHT FROM ABOVE.


FROM YOUR SOUL SISTER LEINI.  YOU WILL LIVE IN OUR HEARTS FOREVER, BEAUTIFUL ROMY.