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Last night, Stacy went home to Heaven. While I rejoice to think of the perfect worship she at this moment enjoys, I am filled with empathy for her loved ones, especially her daughters and husband. Please keep them all in your prayers. (For those that do not know, Stacy is a friend and neighbor of my dear friend E-bug who has suffered her own loss. We have been praying for Stacy and her untreatable pancreatic cancer since she was diagnosed in January.)
A Parable of Immortality
I am standing upon the seashore.
A ship at my side spreads her white sails
to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean.
She is an object of beauty and strength,
and I stand and watch her until at length she hangs
like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky
come down to mingle with each other.
Then someone at my side says "There! She's gone."
Gone where? Gone from my sight--that is all.
She is just as large in mast and hull and spar
as she was when she left my side,
and just as able to bear her load of living freight
to the place of destination.
Her diminished size is in me, not in her;
and just at the moment
when someone at my side says,
"There! She's gone,"
there are other eyes watching her coming,
and other voices ready to take up the glad shout,
"There she comes!"
And that is Dying!
--Henry Van Dyke -circa 1911
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M, She was so beautiful. I am praying for her family. Thank you for letting us get to know them.
Julie said...
10:09 PM
Kanami sang imo blog. Daw spaghetti.
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