Today, those that loved our E-Beth so dearly will attend her service at St Mark's cathedral. It is a beautiful, beautiful space that overlooks all of Seattle and shines bright in the evening for all to see. Reminds me so much of my dear friend. In honor of this day, I share a beautiful poem:
What is Death?
Death is nothing at all.
I have only slipped away into the next room.
I am I and you are you.
Whatever we were to each other,
that we still are.
Call me by my old familiar name.
Speak to me in the easy way
which you always used.
Put no difference in your tone.
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.
Laugh as we always laughed
at the little jokes we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household word
that it always was.
Let it be spoken without affect,
without the trace of a shadow on it.
Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same that it ever was.
There is absolutely unbroken continuity.
Why should I be out of mind
because I am out of sight?
I am waiting for you,
for an interval,
somewhere very near,
just around the corner.
All is well.
~ Henry Scott Holland
I find solace in knowing that she's just around the corner waiting for me. I, so, look forward to that day. May she, K-Dawg, and all of those that we love live it UP up there until we all make it to them.
xoxo
Anna
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