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I'M FREE!
Don't grieve for me,
for now I'm free
I'm following the path God laid for me,
I took His hand when I heard him call
I turned my back and left it all.
I could not stay
another day
To laugh, to love, to work, or play.
Tasks left undone most stay that way.
I found that place at the close of day.
If my parting has
left a void
Then fill it with remembered joy.
A friendship shared a laugh, a kiss.
Ah yes, these things, I too, will miss.
Be not burdened with
times of sorrow.
I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow.
My life's been full, I savored much.
Good friends, good times,
a loved one's touch.
Perhaps my time
seemed all too brief,
Don't lengthen it now with undue grief
Lift up your heart and share with me
God wanted me now, He set me free.
Author Unknown
Thanksgiving Day 1952
(Grandfather John, Elizabeth, John, Mary, Margaret, Jeanne and Grandmother
Emma)
COME WITH ME
The Lord saw you getting tired
And a cure was not to be,
So He put his arms around you
And whispered, "Come with me."
With tearful eyes, we watched you
suffer
And saw you fade away,
Although we loved you dearly,
We could not make you stay.
A golden heart stopped beating,
A beautiful smile at rest,
God broke our hearts to prove
He only takes the best.
It's lonesome here without you
We miss you so each day,
Our lives aren't the same
Since you went away.
When days are sad and lonely,
And everything goes wrong,
We seem to hear you whisper,
"Cheer up and carry on."
Each time we see your picture,
You seem to smile and say,
"Don't cry, I'm in God's keeping,
We'll meet again someday."
Rhonda
Braswell
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Aunt Margaret - 1970's
Safely 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 grief and pain are over
Every restless tossing passed
I am now at peace forever
Safely home in Heaven at last
Did you wonder how I so calmly
Trod the valley of the shade?
Ah but the love of God illumined
Every dark and fearful glade
And He came Himself to meet me
In the way so hard to tread
And with His arm to lean on
Could I have one doubt or dread?
Then you must not grieve so sorely
For I love you dearly still
Try to look beyond Earth's shadows
Pray to trust our Father's will
There is work still waiting for you
So you must not idly stand
Do it now while life remaineth
You shall rest in our Father's land
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!
-- Author unknown
Irwin brother and sisters—WW II
(Margaret, John, Jeanne, Mary and Elizabeth)
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