MimzMum
Wise Old Thumper
~ Candle Ceremony ~ New Year's Eve ~ 2016 ~
This year, I have been allowed the privilege and honor of making the Candle Ceremony Thread. I hope I can do it justice.
Being in the US, the time difference between us and the UK is about 9 hours. If no one minds, I am posting a memorial poem and candle image now since it is already December 30th there. If at this time anyone would like to join the thread, which runs through NYE, please feel free to do so and include your photos, memories, sentiments and poems or add a candle to light the way to our departed friends who left us this year. You can post a virtual candle and short message here:
http://gratefulness.org/light-a-candle/
and link it to the thread if you wish, or you may light real candles at home, of course, if that is your preference.
So many have journeyed in 2016, and they are all missed very deeply, and will never be forgotten.
For those who may be or feel unable to participate, I'd like to offer this poem found for me by my daughter when my Bridge Dog, Shadow, crossed to the Rainbow in 2010. Whatever beliefs you may hold, I hope these words will lend some comfort and peace as you remember your dear ones who are no longer in our physical presence, but instead live forever in our hearts.
My most sincere sympathies to all at RU who have had to say farewell to treasured friends. Bless you.
Broken Chain
We little knew that morning that
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,
you did not go alone;
for part of us went with 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.
Ron Tranmer
__________________________
This year, I have been allowed the privilege and honor of making the Candle Ceremony Thread. I hope I can do it justice.
Being in the US, the time difference between us and the UK is about 9 hours. If no one minds, I am posting a memorial poem and candle image now since it is already December 30th there. If at this time anyone would like to join the thread, which runs through NYE, please feel free to do so and include your photos, memories, sentiments and poems or add a candle to light the way to our departed friends who left us this year. You can post a virtual candle and short message here:
http://gratefulness.org/light-a-candle/
and link it to the thread if you wish, or you may light real candles at home, of course, if that is your preference.
So many have journeyed in 2016, and they are all missed very deeply, and will never be forgotten.
For those who may be or feel unable to participate, I'd like to offer this poem found for me by my daughter when my Bridge Dog, Shadow, crossed to the Rainbow in 2010. Whatever beliefs you may hold, I hope these words will lend some comfort and peace as you remember your dear ones who are no longer in our physical presence, but instead live forever in our hearts.
My most sincere sympathies to all at RU who have had to say farewell to treasured friends. Bless you.
Broken Chain
We little knew that morning that
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,
you did not go alone;
for part of us went with 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.
Ron Tranmer
__________________________