Memorial Thank You Card – Style 23

Life is but a stopping place,
A pause in what’s to be.
A resting Place along the road,
To sweet eternity.
We all have different journeys,
Different paths along the way,
We all were meant
To learn some things,
But never meant to stay…
Our destination is a place,
Far greater than we know,
For some the journey’s quicker
For some, the journeys slow.
But when the journey
finally ends,
We’ll claim a great reward,
And find an everlasting peace,
Together with the Lord.

I’d like the memory of me to be a happy one
I’d like to leave an after glow of smiles when life is done.
I’d like to leave an echo, whispering softly down the ways.
Of happy times and laughing times and bright and sunny days.
I’d like the tears of those who grieve, to dry before the sun.
Of happy memories that I leave when life is done.

Little did we know that morning
God was going to call your name.
In life we loved you dearly,
in death we do the same.
It broke our hearts to lose you,
the day God called you home.
You left us peaceful memories,
your love is still our guide.
And though we cannot see you,
you are always by our side.
Our family chain is broken
and nothing seems the same.
But as God calls us one by one,
the chain will link again.

May the road rise up to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back,
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
And the rains fall soft upon your fields,
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.

God looked around his garden and found an empty place.
He then looked down upon this earth and saw your tired face.
He put His arms around you and lifted you to rest.
God’s garden must be beautiful He always takes the best.
He knew that you were suffering, He knew you were in pain,
He knew that you would never get well on earth again.
He saw that the road was getting rough and hills were hard to climb,
So he closed your weary eyelids and whispered, “Peace be thine”.
It broke our hearts to lose you But you didn’t go alone,
For part of us went with you, the day God called you home.

I am home in heaven dear ones, oh so happy and so bright.
There is perfect joy and beauty, in this everlasting light.
All the pain and grief is over, every restless yearning past.
I am now at peace forever, safely home in heaven at last.
Dear ones, do not grieve so sorely, for I love you dearly still.
Try to look beyond earth’s shadow, pray to trust our Father’s will.
There is work still waiting for you, so you must not idly stand.
When the work is all completed, He will gently call you home.
Oh, the rapture of that meeting!
Oh, the joy to see you come!

She always leaned to watch for us
Anxious if we were late,
In winter by the window,
In summer by the gate.
And though we mocked her tenderly,
Who had such foolish care,
The long way home would seem more safe,
Because she waited there.
Her thought were all so full of us,
She never could forget.
And so I think that where she is,
She must be watching yet.
Waiting till’ we come home to her,
Anxious if we are late.
Watching from Heaven’s window,
Leaning from Heaven’s gate.

We’ll always remember that special smile,
that caring heart, that warm embrace,
you always gave us.
You being there for Mom and us through good and bad times, no matter what.
We’ll always remember you Dad because,
they’re never be another one to replace you in our hearts,
and the love we will always have for you.

There is a special Angel in Heaven that is part of me.
It is not where I wanted him but where God wanted him to be.
He was there but just a moment like a night-time shooting star.
And though he is in Heaven he isn’t very far.
He touched the heart of many like only an Angel can do.
So I send this special message to the Heavens up above.
Please take care of my Angel and send him all my love.

You are not forgotten
Nor will you ever be
No one can fill you vacant place.
Looking back with memories upon the path you trod
We bless the time we had with you
And leave the rest to God.

God grant me the Serenity to
Accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.

Forget me not as time goes by,
For you can find me in the sky.
Forget me not for we’re apart,
For you carry me within your heart.
Forget me not although I’ve gone,
For my memory will always live on.
Instead, remember me
In every special way,
Keep me close to your heart
We’ll meet again one day.