tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589378.post9130017050910597593..comments2023-10-21T05:40:55.660-04:00Comments on man with black hat: The Long and Reverent FarewellDavid L Alexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13871706129906941567noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589378.post-89059880649515901942012-03-01T07:02:06.829-05:002012-03-01T07:02:06.829-05:00The day after my dad died I searched for some cons...The day after my dad died I searched for some consoling words, and I found them in the following poem...<br /><br /> What is Death? <br /> by<br /> Henry Scott Holland<br /> 1847-1918<br /> Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral<br /><br />Death is nothing at all.<br />I have only slipped away into the next room.<br />I am I and you are you.<br />Whatever we were to each other,<br /> that we still are.<br /><br />Call me by my old familiar name.<br />Speak to me in the easy way<br /> which you always used.<br />Put no difference in your tone.<br />Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.<br /><br />Laugh as we always laughed<br /> at the little jokes we enjoyed together.<br />Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.<br />Let my name be ever the household word<br /> that it always was.<br />Let it be spoken without affect,<br /> without the trace of a shadow on it.<br /><br />Life means all that it ever meant.<br />It is the same that it ever was.<br />There is absolutely unbroken continuity.<br />Why should I be out of mind<br /> because I am out of sight?<br /><br />I am waiting for you,<br /> for an interval,<br /> somewhere very near,<br /> just around the corner.<br /><br />All is well.Matt Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09614766591809115356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589378.post-15941575253179263382012-02-29T22:24:39.776-05:002012-02-29T22:24:39.776-05:00I didn't have very much input into my father&#...I didn't have very much input into my father's funeral, but thanks be to God, they did sing "The King of Love My Shepherd Is." The cantor also took my last-minute request for "Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise."<br /><br />I am so sorry for your loss. I still miss my father very much since he passed away in 2007. Unfortunately, my mother also died that year, just 2 months later. It was not a good year ... But time does heal some, if not all.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04423498450624665270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589378.post-85246042292745345262012-02-28T21:11:31.991-05:002012-02-28T21:11:31.991-05:00Requiescat in pace.Requiescat in pace.Nodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01688990364338525470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589378.post-75611098963806967562012-02-28T13:53:39.676-05:002012-02-28T13:53:39.676-05:00"The question that usually arises next is, no..."The question that usually arises next is, now what?<br /><br />As Rilke once penned, you will love the question until you can live the answer. Time and prayer will be your allies. Those who know you are in grieving mode will give you the space and availability to work through the process; open ears and hearts will be their greatest assets. The Holy Spirit will do His work of consoling and healing.<br /><br />"Life has changed; not ended." So it is with your father (RIP); so it will be with those he left behind.Ron Rollinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15496407277695910607noreply@blogger.com