After my great grandma died we were all devastated. It was very sudden...well, its always sudden. you can't prepare yourself for something like that. But I was looking through her things and I found this old photoalbum and in it there was a bookmark with a poem on it. The poem speaks to anyone who has ever lost someone they love.
When I Must Leave You
When I must leave you
For a little while,
Please do not grieve
And shed wild tears
And hug your sorrow to you
Through the years,
But start out bravely
With a smile.
And for my sake
And in my name,
Live on and do
All the things the same.
Feed not your loneliness
On empty days,
But fill each waking hour
In useful ways.
Reach out your hand in comfort
And in cheer,
And I, in turn, will comfort you
And hold you near.
And never, never
Be afraid to die,
For I am waiting for you
In the sky.
Whenever I read that I think of her now. We have a picture frame with it in it and a picture of my grandma and her together. Maybe that will help you like it helped me.
