Friday, May 30, 2014
Dear Brian and the entire Carney Family, I’ve shared much with Brian, especially poetry and prayer; have lost both parents myself and know, all too well, the very special loss! How fitting it feels to share my own mother’s eulogic poem with Brian and your entire family Understanding the hole left behind, regardless the inevitability or forewarning, pray this helps some wee bit...to allow...enable…the grief! So truly sorry to hear about your mom. At least now she’s at peace with our Lord and the good Dr.…definitely keepin’ y’all in my loving prayers! When my mother died, even after a years-long battle with cancer, I was shattered by the loss…inconsolable…she was my mentor! I like to think that I got my character from my father, but my mind and its capacity from m’dear sainted mother!!! BUT, "If your faith assures you she's in heaven, then what are the tears all about?!?" I hold eternity dearly close...a cherished, hard-won prize...but, in the interim, that answer lies below. SELFISH TEARS (I Eulogize My Beloved Mother - March, 1989) Today we cry...must admit they're selfish tears. You see...our faith assures your journey's done. But it's not for you we mourn, at all, my dear; It's for those of us you've left behind...alone!!! We share your joy...share your happiness at rest, Your painful fears now for forever stilled. You've fought the good fight, passed the final test, But you've left behind a hole that can't be filled!!! So, until we each rejoin you some someday, And, while your memory buoys us through those years, We'll miss you...but continue on our way, And, from time to time, we'll cry our selfish tears!!! Ray Hamilton ~*~ 1rayven@snet.net (c) March 19, 1989 Our sincerest condolences and loving prayers, (-=< Ray 'n' Mindy Hamilton >=-)
