Monday, January 21, 2008
Doug & Lynn ... Curt & I were sadden to hear of the passing on of "Mum". We have fond memories of her energy and sense of humour at the Kingston Nikken Regional Group's Christmas party ... a good time was had by all. It is hard to know what to say at this time but something that was once shared with us, as what would be said by our loved one, we would like to share with you ... "Death is nothing at all, it does not count, I have only slipped away into the next room. Nothing has happened. Everything remains exactly as it was. I am I, and you are you, and the old life that we lived so fondly together is untouched, unchanged. Whatever we were to each other, that we are still. Call me by the old familiar name. Speak of me in the easy way that you always used. Put no difference into your tone. Wear no false air of solemnity or sorrow. Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together. Play, smile, think of me, pray for me. Let my name be ever the household word that it always was. Let it be spoken without an effort, without the ghost of a shadow upon it. Life means all that it ever meant. It is the same as it ever was. There is absolute and unbroken continuity. What is this death but a negligible accident? Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight. I am but waiting for you, for an interval somewhere very near, just around the corner. All is well." Blessings to your family, RitaSue & Curt
