Just wanted to give Pa and all our two bits. The very last poem that Uncle Barry gave was my favorite. It talked about a Ship sailing off toward the horizon and though “I” could no longer see the ship, it continued on its journey, the same hole ship that it was before. I love Barry and will have to email Pa about some of our conversations. The funeral was amazing and how could it have not been; given the fact it was about an amazing Lady. Here are some pictures…
check out flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/8401013@N07/
This is the first poem Barry read…
http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/546.html
YES! I found the second poem….here is the link for that one!
http://www.scrapbook.com/poems.php?mode=doc&id=8894
Thank you so much for the photos. Between you and Sandy I spent almost 3 hours downloading photos. They are great.
I love both those poems - especially the one about the ship. It is so representative of this thing we call death. Thank you for finding them for me.
Isn’t Barry awesome. He knew just what to say, just what Grandma would want said. Not a lot about her, but a lot about her testimony and life after death. I just wish we would have thought to record it.
I had forgotten to mention the butterflies…but there were about a dozen of the yellow and black butterflies flying all around the cemetery and I thought it was so neat…Grandma would have loved them!!! I don’t think I’ll ever see a yellow and black butterfly and not think of that day!
I LOVE MY MOM SO MUCH AND I AM SO GRATEFUL YOU ALL REMEMBER ALL THE FUN YOU HAD WITH HER AND THE GOOD TIMES. THE FUNERAL WAS A GEAT TRIBUTE TO MOM AND YOUR SONG WAS THE BEST OF ALL. THANKS FOR THE PICTURES, FOR COMING AND FOR BEING HER WONDERFUL GRANDCHILDREN.