Elizabeth Eileen Jones

I am sorry I cannot offer words of comfort, hope or joy.  I have none.  Instead, I want to share MY sorrow and encourage you, my loved ones, to do the same.

The brightness of the dawn jolts me awake into a day,

    so cold.

I walk in numbness wondering who, what, where & why,

    and then;

The darkness of the night swallows me up

    into it's angry hole.

Time is NOT forgiving,

  nor kind.

It robs your soul, steals your heart, feeds you pain, and

  toys with your sanity.

It matters not a day or a year my child,

  you are gone; forever they say,

    while the grief LIVES on.

NO.....Time is not my friend,

  but a reminder you are not here.

Though you cannot always see

      the bird singing,

if you listen with your heart,

you can always hear his song.

  Though the ones we love

       may leave life as we know it,

               in our memory,

the love we knew

   will always carry on.

There is not 1 day that you are not in my heart. Every day ,every minute, every second. I think of you always. You gave me compassion and humanity. It is so empty without you. I think of you and your brother Francis now in heaven looking after me I hope always. To lose both of you seems almost unbearable at times. But I know in my heart your love love for me is always.

                   Love,

                   Dad