It seems to be a day of memories and dwellling on the past. Because that could be a dangerous place to be, I've tried to keep it all positive. As my mind was wandering throughout past history, I am reminded of a poem that is etched on the headstone at my daughter Kelly's gravesite. It took me a long time to read it without becoming very sad. But, as I read it now, I am reminded of several people whom I have lost throughout my life. So, here it is, and for me, it is in memory of Kelly, George, and my beloved Jim.

All Is Well

Death is nothing at all. I have only slipped away into the next room. I am I, and you are you. Whatever we were to each other, that we still are. Call me by my old familiar name; speak to me in the easy way which you always used. Put no difference in your tone; wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow. Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together. Pray, smile, think of me, pray for me. Let my name be ever the household word that it always was; let it be spoken without effect without the trace of a shadow on it. Life means all that it ever meant. It is the same as it ever was; there is unbroken continuity. Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight? I am waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near, just around the corner.