Makiah Thompson

What is dying?

I am standing on the seashore. A ship sails to the morning breeze and starts for the ocean. She is an object of beauty and I stand watching her till at last she fades on the horizon, and someone at my side says, "She is gone." Gone where? Gone from my sight, that is all; she is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when I saw her, and just as able to bear her load of living freight to its destination.

 

The diminished size and total loss of sight is in me, not in her; and just at the moment when someone at my side says, "She is gone," there are others who are watching her coming, and other voices take up the glad shout, "There she comes!"--and that is dying.

Halloween or Hallowe'en, also known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve, is a celebration observed in a number of countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day. It begins the three-day observance of Allhallowtide, the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints, martyrs, and all the faithful departed.

Imagine if I was given one moment, just a single slice of my past. I could hold it close forever, and that moment would always last. I'd put the moment in a safe, within my hearts abode. I could open it when I wanted, and only I would know the code. I could choose a time of laughing, a time of happiness and fun. I could choose a time that tried me, through everything I've done. I sat and thought about what moment, would always make me smile. One that would always push me, to walk that extra mile. If I'm feeling sad and low, if I'm struggling with what to do. I can go and open my little safe, and watch my moment through. There are moments I can think of, that would lift my spirits everytime. The moments when you picked me up, when the road was hard to climb. For me to only pick one moment, to cherish, save and keep, Is proving really difficult, as I've gathered up a heap! I've dug deep inside my heart, found the safe and looked inside, there was room for lots of moments, in fact hundreds if I tried. I'm building my own little library, embedded in my heart, for all the moments spent with you, before you had to part. I can open it up whenever I like, pick a moment and watch it through, My little library acts as a promise, I'll never ever forget you

 A THANKSGIVING PRAYER FOR GRIEVING FAMILIES

Dear Father who art in Heaven….

Please join our family on this Thanksgiving Day

And bless each one as we sit down to pray

As we remember those who have joined You above

So dearly missed and deeply loved.

Please provide us strength on this Thanksgiving Day

Bless us with memories of those faraway

Please grant patience to family and friends as we grieve

And help us reach out to others who are bereaved.

We give thanks to You on this Thanksgiving Day…

For Your presence in our lives each and everyday.

For Your comfort, guidance, and never ending love.

And for taking care of our loved ones….in Heaven above.

As we light this candle on this Thanksgiving Day…

And it glows in memorial of those in Heaven today…

May their lights always shine down on us and give us light

And may we feel their presence along with Yours tonight.

May the peace and tranquility of this Thanksgiving Day

Be an everlasting light within each of us along the way

Let’s bow our heads and give our Thanks to God above

For our blessings, whether on earth or in Heaven above.

Amen

Makiah! I have to say, that I love and miss you. You are in such glorious peace and comfort.  God, I know that she is in excellent hands with you.  You are the best God.

 

 

Love you, Makiah,

 

Nana