I have not organized my thoughts yet ~ lost a loved one to cancer last week.
Before the final blessing during the Requiem Mass, the celebrant read a poem that I am posting here. I will write about my personal reflections one of these days. The words will come, when it's the perfect time.
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| Divine Word Gardens |
The Dash
by Linda Ellis
I read of a man who stood to speak
at the funeral of a friend.
He referred to the dates on the tombstone
from the beginning…to the end.
He noted that first came the date of birth
and spoke the following date with tears,
but he said what mattered most of all
was the dash between those years.
For that dash represents all the time
