Grandpa Jack

Josh got a call this morning that his grandpa Jack died. He was diagnosed a few weeks back with a brain tumor and he had decided that he wanted to be one the DNR list. Last night he passed away peacefully in his sleep. I am sad today. Not for me, but for the ones in my family that I love that are grieving today. Jack was a good guy and a sweet funny old man. I hope his soul is at rest and that he is happy and with his wife Jill who passed away years ago.

To all my family, I love you and wish you all the greatest condolences that can be given.

This is a reminder to me to live each day as if it is your last and realize that life is precious and can dissapear at any moment.

I really like the saying, "Dance as though no one is watching you. Love as though you have never been hurt before. Sing as though no one can hear you. Live as though heaven is on earth."

Death is Nothing At All

Death is nothing at all.
I have only slipped away to 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 waywhich you always used.
Put no difference into your tone.
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.

Laugh as we always laughedat the little jokes we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me.
Pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household wordthat it always was.
Let it be spoken without effect.
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 absolute unbroken continuity.
Why should I be out of mindbecause I am out of sight?

I am but waiting for you.
For an interval.
Somewhere.
Very near.
Just around the corner.

All is well.

by Henry Scott Holland
~ 1847-1918Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral ~ London. UK