I Am Always With You
When I am gone, release me, let me go.
I have so many things to see and do,
You mustn't tie yourself to me with too many tears,
But be thankful we had so many good years.
I gave you my love, and you can only guess
How much you've given me in happiness.
I thank you for the love that you have shown,
But now it is time I traveled on alone.
So grieve for me a while, if grieve you must
Then let your grief be comforted by trust
That it is only for a while that we must part,
So treasure the memories within your heart.
I won't be far away for life goes on.
And if you need me, call and I will come.
Though you can't see or touch me, I will be near
And if you listen with your heart, you'll hear
All my love around you soft and clear
And then, when you come this way alone,
I'll greet you with a smile and a "Welcome Home".
Prayer of Faith
We
trust that beyond absence
there is a presence.
That beyond the pain
there
can be healing.
That beyond the brokenness
there can be wholeness.
That beyond the anger
there may be peace.
That beyond the hurting
there may be forgiveness.
That beyond the silence
there may be the Word.
That beyond the Word
there may be understanding.
That through understanding
there is love.
- author unknown
To Every Thing There is a Season
Ecclesiastes 3
To everything there is a season,
and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to
die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to
laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones,
and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to
sew;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate;
a time of war, and a time of peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
The Mourner’s Bill of Rights
1. You
have the right to experience your own unique grief.
2. You have the right to talk about your grief.
3. You
have the right to feel a multitude of emotions.
4. You
have the right to be tolerant of your physical and emotional limits.
5 You
have the right to experience "griefbursts."
6 You
have the right to make use of ritual.
7. You
have the right to embrace your spirituality.
8. You have the right to search for
meaning.
9 You
have the right to treasure your memories.
10. You have the right to move
toward your grief and heal.
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Live in Hearts We Leave Behind Is Not To Die ~
Author Unknown
Remember me on quiet days,
While rain drops whisper on your pane.
But in your memories have no grief.
Let just the joy we knew remain.
Remember me when evening stars
Smile down on you with quiet eyes.
Remember me if once you awake
To catch a glimpse of red sunrise.
Remember me when spring walks by.
Think once of me when you are glad.
When you are happy, so am I.
And when your thoughts do turn to me,
Know that I would not have you cry.
But live for me and laugh for me,
And while you live,
I shall not die.
Fruits of Solitude ~
by William Penn
They that
love beyond the world cannot be separated by it.
Death cannot kill what never dies.
Nor can spirits ever be divided that love and live in the same
divine principle: the root and record of their friendship.
If absence be not death, neither is theirs.
Death is but crossing the world, as friends do the sea;
...they live for one another still.
This is the comfort of friends: that though they may be said to die,
yet their friendship and society are, in the best sense immortal,
because they are everpresent.
Helpful Links And
Contacts
Note: The links we list are for
reference only, since we cannot fully review and endorse all
content.
General Bereavement
www.thelightbeyond.com
www.hospicenet.org/html/bereavement.html
www.adultsiblinggrief.com
www.compassionatefriends.org
www.griefnet.org
www.grievingchild.org
www.griefwatch.com
http://www.griefhealing.com
http://www.makepeacewithyourgrief.com/
Widows and Widowers
www.fornet.org/WidowNet
www.nia.nih.gov/healthinformation/publications/spouse.htm
Links for loss of a child
Alive Alone (support newsletter for
loss of only child or all children): (419) 238-1091
www.alivealone.org
www.bereavedparentsusa.org
www.miscarriageHelp.com
www.hopeforbereaved.com
compassionatefriends.org
www.resolve.org
www.sandsvic.org
Pet Bereavement
www.petloss.com
www.animalsinourhearts.com
www.aplb.org
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