Comments on: Home visit http://www.rashundatramble.com/2006/04/23/home-visit/ A soul sister in Switzerland Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:10:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Lola http://www.rashundatramble.com/2006/04/23/home-visit/#comment-4860 Lola Thu, 27 Apr 2006 07:33:01 +0000 http://www.rashundatramble.com/2006/04/23/home-visit/#comment-4860 I can only give support to what everybody else has said. It sounds like he's left you with a solid grounding to deal with his 'earthly' absence if nothing else, both with the strength of character that you evidently possess, and with the memories of his wonderful life. My thoughts are with you x I can only give support to what everybody else has said. It sounds like he’s left you with a solid grounding to deal with his ‘earthly’ absence if nothing else, both with the strength of character that you evidently possess, and with the memories of his wonderful life.

My thoughts are with you x

]]> By: Fran http://www.rashundatramble.com/2006/04/23/home-visit/#comment-4756 Fran Tue, 25 Apr 2006 08:06:21 +0000 http://www.rashundatramble.com/2006/04/23/home-visit/#comment-4756 Hi Rashunda This poem by Mary Frye helped me when my beautiful Grandmother died, it's simple but a comfort... Do not stand at my grave and weep; I am not there, I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the softly falling snow. I am the gentle showers of rain. I am the fields of ripening grain. I am the morning hush. I am the graceful rush of beautiful birds in circling flight. I am the star shine of the night. I am the flowers that bloom. I am in a quiet room. I am the birds that sing. I am in each lovely thing. Do not stand at my grave and cry; I am not there. I did not die. Hi Rashunda

This poem by Mary Frye helped me when my beautiful Grandmother died, it’s simple but a comfort…

Do not stand at my grave and weep;
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the softly falling snow.
I am the gentle showers of rain.
I am the fields of ripening grain.
I am the morning hush.
I am the graceful rush
of beautiful birds in circling flight.
I am the star shine of the night.
I am the flowers that bloom.
I am in a quiet room.
I am the birds that sing.
I am in each lovely thing.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there. I did not die.

]]> By: deb http://www.rashundatramble.com/2006/04/23/home-visit/#comment-4730 deb Mon, 24 Apr 2006 23:28:08 +0000 http://www.rashundatramble.com/2006/04/23/home-visit/#comment-4730 Very sorry for your loss. Your father's legacy lives on in you, your family, and the memories and dreams you all share because he was here. Very sorry for your loss. Your father’s legacy lives on in you, your family, and the memories and dreams you all share because he was here.

]]> By: la peregrina http://www.rashundatramble.com/2006/04/23/home-visit/#comment-4729 la peregrina Mon, 24 Apr 2006 21:49:52 +0000 http://www.rashundatramble.com/2006/04/23/home-visit/#comment-4729 Rashunda, my heart grieves with you today. Thank you for sharing a little about the kind of person your father was; he must have been a wonderful man. I also agree with Kyla. His legacy is not a small marble slab, his legacy is you. Rashunda, my heart grieves with you today. Thank you for sharing a little about the kind of person your father was; he must have been a wonderful man. I also agree with Kyla. His legacy is not a small marble slab, his legacy is you.

]]> By: Serenity http://www.rashundatramble.com/2006/04/23/home-visit/#comment-4726 Serenity Mon, 24 Apr 2006 18:24:59 +0000 http://www.rashundatramble.com/2006/04/23/home-visit/#comment-4726 My sister, I am so sorry for your loss...and I completely agree with Kyla. You are a shining, beautiful testament to his life. He gave this world something wonderful -- he gave us you. My sister,
I am so sorry for your loss…and I completely agree with Kyla. You are a shining, beautiful testament to his life. He gave this world something wonderful — he gave us you.

]]> By: wolf http://www.rashundatramble.com/2006/04/23/home-visit/#comment-4720 wolf Sun, 23 Apr 2006 21:22:17 +0000 http://www.rashundatramble.com/2006/04/23/home-visit/#comment-4720 Don't forget that dad DID serve the army. Maybe what happend in his life when he was serving the army changed his life so significantly that he chose to have such a military burial - and he could have chosen differently, I'm sure. My mum chose to have no grave at all. My aunt chose to no grave at all. Not having a tombstone doesn't mean that that's a sum of their life, either!! It just means that they hated the graves of their parents so much they didn't want anyone to hate their graves. Don't underestimate what it means for a guy to serve the army, particularly when things happen, or when stuff is going on. Even when he doesn't tell people about it at any later point in life, those most been some of the most striking memories for him. Maybe he was extremely ill, too. If I had served in 1947 in France as a US soldier and gone through all kinds of things unthinkable today, quite likely I'd also have taken that simple stone thing option. Don’t forget that dad DID serve the army. Maybe what happend in his life when he was serving the army changed his life so significantly that he chose to have such a military burial - and he could have chosen differently, I’m sure. My mum chose to have no grave at all. My aunt chose to no grave at all. Not having a tombstone doesn’t mean that that’s a sum of their life, either!! It just means that they hated the graves of their parents so much they didn’t want anyone to hate their graves. Don’t underestimate what it means for a guy to serve the army, particularly when things happen, or when stuff is going on. Even when he doesn’t tell people about it at any later point in life, those most been some of the most striking memories for him. Maybe he was extremely ill, too. If I had served in 1947 in France as a US soldier and gone through all kinds of things unthinkable today, quite likely I’d also have taken that simple stone thing option.

]]> By: Kyla http://www.rashundatramble.com/2006/04/23/home-visit/#comment-4714 Kyla Sun, 23 Apr 2006 12:03:58 +0000 http://www.rashundatramble.com/2006/04/23/home-visit/#comment-4714 Rashunda, Otis's grave is symbolized by a cold, white, military-issue tombstone, not his life. His life is in the stories you tell us, and the ones you remember daily as you walk through this world. And in the great things you have done and have yet to do. You, Rashunda, are his legacy, his lasting influence on the world. Rashunda, Otis’s grave is symbolized by a cold, white, military-issue tombstone, not his life.

His life is in the stories you tell us, and the ones you remember daily as you walk through this world. And in the great things you have done and have yet to do. You, Rashunda, are his legacy, his lasting influence on the world.

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