My love and prayers are with you in your time of great loss. I’m so glad you can draw strength from the group. {{{HUGS}}}

Sister Love

I said a prayer for you today
That God would take your fear away,
And that you would no longer dread
When lights are out and you’re in bed.

I prayed God’s light to shine right there
To soothe your soul with loving care,
And take away the painful part
Of memories from that little girl
Who was harmed by the evil in this world.

For sister-love is very strong,
And fights real hard to right a wrong.

God’s our Father now, you know,
And to His arms we all may go.
He’ll take the hurt and ease the pain
So you can live your life again.

You wonder how I know it’s true?
Because I lived that life with you.
And nightly angels came to stay
To watch and take my fear away.

God made us sisters for a reason,
And we have weathered many seasons.
Through many more I’ll walk with you.
I’ll listen and will talk with you.

And if you need me, I’ll be there,
And rest assured I’ll always care
About your future, present, and past
For our sister-love was meant to last.

I said a prayer for you today,
And God will take your fear away.
And you’ll no longer have to dread,
Because Light shines eternal around your bed.

by Kathi Thornhill

My sister wasn’t felling well and had been having some tests done and the DR could find nothing wrong. She went to have her teeth cleaned and the dentist was the 1 to pick up that she had cancer. This was at the end of July, so we knew she was terminal but thought we had a bout 3 months left with her. None of us expected her to go this fast, but she is no longer in any pain and that gives us some comfort.

It’s funny I would leave the hospital and on my way back to the hotel I would call my hubby and kid’s, and my best friend and as soon as I would get in my room I would log on to chat to talk with some of you ppl. I guess that is why I find that so odd is I have alot of friends but for some reason I would go straight to chat instead of calling my friends. I have always made a comment that you ppl here at rosespeaks are my virtual family and after this I now know why I called you that.

My hubby was laying in bed with me when I first logged on, and I just burst into tears seeing what you had done for me. I am sure alot of your families are like mine and just don’t get what we are all so involved in here, but after my hubby seeing that he said to me ok Tianna I get it now, what a nice bunch of ppl (finally he understands why I spend so much time here LOL)

She was my last surviving immedaite family member, and it is very strange when you are the only one left of your immediate family, if any of you are the only ones left in your family, then you know what I am talking about.

The last year has been kind of hard. I took on raising my 3 Grandchildren instead of retiring, my Mother in law passed away in March and now my sister is gone also. With all of that happening I always found comming to this site my escape and once we got the chat it was even better, as we got to know each other alot more once we are on chat. Some days I would wake up and have a sore tummy from laughing so much the night before in chat ( once we got all the new toys we were like a bunch of kids, passing drinks around and playing with all the sounds LOL) and ohhhhhh some of those receipes we exchange in chat are so good LOL.

All of your kind words,poems and songs are beautiful, they will be in my heart and thoughts forever.

Gosh even Naz ( or his staff) sent a message. Like I said all of you ppl here have made me feel special

Rose, Ken and all the staff and members of rosespeaks Thank you so much!!!!!!

I have said this many times I am very proud to be a member of Rosespeaks.

Tianna

Thank you so much, you have no idea how much this means to me. You are all a very special group of ppl.

Tianna

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Sisters are so special. This is my favorite poem, and I am sending it to you. Think of all the good times and it will get you through this sad time. God bless.

Memories…

Who’s afraid of memories?
The ones that get embellished with every re-telling
And the ones that keep us company when we can’t sleep
The ones that don’t go away, with all your wishing,
and the ones you wish would come back.

Sitting in the corner is the one that reminds
you of your childhood
Next to it lies the one from your first kiss
Leaning on that, is your last kiss, from the one
you wished was still around.

Together, they play tricks on you,
sometimes they make you giggle
Other times they make you laugh out- loud
Still other times, they make you cry, alone,
unable to explain history to those
who didn’t experience it with you.

Sometimes you fight them,
other times you fight for them.
You want to share all of them
And you can never go back.

So sorry for your loss! Glad to hear she didn’t suffer long. I’m sending this message of comfort for you:
There are no words …what can I say?
At last her sweet soul winged its way
To peace and freedom in the sky
Where never again will she suffer or cry.
It’s all part of God’s great plan …
Which remains a mystery to man.
We cannot understand His ways
Nor can we count our earthly days.
But who are we to question and doubt?
God knoweth well what He’s about;
He knew she longed to “go to sleep”
Where only angels, a vigil keep.
The pain of living grew too great
No longer could she stay and wait;
She did not want to leave you, dear,
But she had finished her work down here.
So she closed her eyes and when she awoke,
These are the words the Master spoke …
“Welcome, dear child, you are Home at last,
And now the burden of living is past.”
“There’s work for you in My Kingdom, dear
And you are needed and wanted here.”
So weep not, she has just gone on ahead,
Don’t think of her as being dead.
She’s out of sight for a little while,
And you’ll miss her touch and her little smile,
But you know she is safe in the home above
Where there is nothing but Peace and Love.
And, surely, you would not deny her peace …
And you’re glad that she has found release.
Think of her there as a soul that is free,
And Home at last, where she wanted to be.
~ Helen Steiner Rice ~

Also sending my love, prayers and comfort to your family. Please come and visit us in chat, especially on the up coming snowy days.

spitfiregrl#3, Thank You for posting that, I wish I known those words sooner, they are very comforting.

“The Other Side”
Don Conoscenti
I’m over on the other side where life and death softly divide
I left my skin and bones behind now I’m over on the other side
Can you feel me there with you?
My breath is gone but I’m not through
I loved you then and I still do from over on the other side

I can fly, really fly
Below the earth, all through the sky
Tell them all I did not die
I’m just over on the other side

It’s good here on the other side
The sweetest songs, the bluest skies
Thank you for the tears you cried, but it’s good here on the other side
I can fly

The world is smaller than a needle’s eye
Where life and death softly divide
When you leave your skin and bones behind I’ll be waiting on the other side

I can fly, really fly
Below the earth, all through the sky
Go tell ‘em all I did not die
I’m just over on the other side

Here is a link for the actual song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufW_I1ZBjhw

Rose what a beautiful poem.