Sharing

My  husband's uncle passed away a couple weeks ago.  Elmer was his favorite uncle and was a man of great humor.  After his funeral you walked away wanting to be a better person, so people would feel your beliefs as strongly as they felt Elmer's.  I can honestly say that I've never been to a funeral where I laughed just as much as I cried.  I wanted to share a little poem that was written in the program:

When I come to the end of the road

And the sun has set for me,

I want no rites in a gloom-filled room

Why cry for a soul set free?

Miss me a little - but not too long

And not with your head bowed low,

Remember the love that we once shared

Miss me - but let me go.

For this is a journey that we all must take

And each must go alone.

It's all a part of the Master's plan

A step on the road to home.

When you are lonely and sick of heart

Go to the friends we know,

And bury your sorrows in doing good deeds

Miss me - but let me go.

Elmer was 87 when he went home. 

From the testimonies read at his funeral

there was no doubt he lived life to the fullest.

Each day be thankful.

Each day appreciate what you have

and pay no attention to what you don't have.

By choosing to be thankful for all the blessings

that are right in front of you

you are living.

So in the words of the prior pastor of my church,

"Keep on keeping on"

Move forward.

Live.