May you be in heaven a full half hour before the devil knows you are dead.
Irish Blessing
They say it takes a minute to find something special in a person, an hour to appreciate them, and a day to love them, but it takes an entire lifetime to forget them.
Know when to seek peace
For as long as the moon shall rise
For as long as the rivers shall flow
For as long as the sun shall shine
For as long as the grass shall grow
Let us have peace
Native American Poem
What though the radiance which was once so bright
Be now forever taken from my sight,
Though nothing can bring back the hour
Of splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower;
We will grieve not, rather find
Strength in what remains behind.
William Wordsworth
Death is the last chapter in time, but the first chapter in eternity.
Each happiness of yesterday is a memory for tomorrow.
Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.
Rabindranath Tagore
No longer by my side but forever in my heart.
In memory of a life so beautifully lived and a heart so deeply loved.
You have left my life but you will never leave my heart.
Our legacy is really the lives we touch, the inspiration we give, altering someone’s plan – if even for a moment – and getting them to think, cry, laugh, argue. More than anything, we are remembered for our smiles; the ones we share with our closest and dearest, and the ones we bestow on a total stranger, who needed it RIGHT THEN, and God put you there to deliver.
Carrie Hamilton
Your wings were ready, but my heart was not.
We little knew that morning that God was going to call your name. In life we loved you dearly. In death we do the same.
My memory loves you. It asks about you all the time.
The moment that you left me, my heart was split into two.
One side was filled with memories, while the other side died with you.
Out of sight, but you are never out of my mind.
The misery of keeping a dog is his dying so soon. But, to be sure, if he lived for fifty years and then died, what would become of me?
Sir Walter Scott
Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince; And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!
William Shakespeare
It’s hard to forget someone who gave me so much to remember.
Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
Sir Walter Scott
Sometimes memories of you sneak out of my eyes and roll down my cheeks.
No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away.
Terry Pratchett
I will hold you in my heart until I can hold you again in Heaven.
There is no foot so small that it cannot leave an imprint on this world.
If every tear we shed for you became a star above, you would stroll in the Angel’s garden lit by everlasting love.
Too well loved to ever be forgotten.
Well done, thou good and faithful servant.
Matthew 25:21
I thank my God upon every remembrance of you.
Philippians 1:3
Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted.
Matthew 5:4
Sleep on now and take your rest.
Matthew 26:45
Greater love than this no one has, that one lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13
The Lord watch between me and thee, while we are absent one from another.
Genesis 31:49
Our Family chain is broken and nothing seems the same, but as God calls us one by one, the chain will link again.
Loved with a love beyond telling. Missed with a grief beyond all tears.
We’ve shared our lives these many years. You’ve held my hand; you’ve held my heart. So many blessings, so few tears … yet for a moment, we must part.
Your love was unconditional,
Faithful above them all,
Forever glad to see me,
You always ran to my call.
I know that you will wait,
You’ll wag your tail to greet me,
When I come through Heaven’s gate.
Always loving – Always loved.
Grief is the last act of love we have to give to those we loved. Where there is deep grief, there was great love.
Filled with a zest for life that never grew old.
You left us peaceful memories, your love is still our guide; and though we cannot see you, you are always at our side.
Because someone we love is in Heaven, there is a little bit of Heaven in our home.
You have touched my very being. …. I shall remember you.
Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.
Princess Bride
But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world. …. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. … You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.
The Little Prince
Not a day goes by that I don’t think of you.
