God saw you were getting tired,

And a cure was not to be,

So he put his arms around you

And whispered "come with me."

With tearful eyes we saw you suffer

And watched you fade away.

Although we loved you dearly,

We could not make you stay.

A golden heart stopped beating,

Hard working hands to rest.

God broke our hearts to prove to us

He only takes the best.

It's lonesome here without you,

We miss you more each day.

Life doesn't seem the same,

Since you have gone away

When days are sad and lonely

And everything goes wrong,

We seem to hear you whisper,

"Cheer up and carry on."

Each time we see your picture

You seem to smile and say,

Don't cry, I'm in God's hands,

And we'll meet again someday."

A million times we've missed you,

A million times we've cried.

If love could have saved you,

You never would have died.

Shirley may be kindly remembered at icscremationandfunerals.org and on Facebook at facebook.com/icscremationandfunerals