Mom's celebration August 25, 2013
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!"