Beryl
Trivia Specialist
We had a call early this morning that a dear friend passed away last night. For us it came out of the blue. This wonderful lady came into our lives when we lived in Manitoba for the 1st time. She arrived in our small town from Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory and stole the heart of one of Murray's workmates (pilot)! They were married in our backyard and what a celebration it was for us as two people that we cared so much about joined their lives together. Now we mourn her untimely passing and worry about our friend Mel! Will you please say a prayer for Nita's soul and for the large and loving family she leaves behind.
It was Nita's dream that they would be able to celebrate their anniversary cruising round Australia! She did not manage to make this cruise but I wish her the fondest of Bon Voyages on this, her final journey!
I love you Nita and I am going to miss you terribly!
It was Nita's dream that they would be able to celebrate their anniversary cruising round Australia! She did not manage to make this cruise but I wish her the fondest of Bon Voyages on this, her final journey!
I love you Nita and I am going to miss you terribly!
I am standing upon the seashore. A ship, at my side,
spreads her white sails to the moving breeze and starts
for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength.
I stand and watch her until, at length, she hangs like a speck
of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.
spreads her white sails to the moving breeze and starts
for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength.
I stand and watch her until, at length, she hangs like a speck
of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.
Then, someone at my side says, "There, she is gone"
Gone where?
Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast,
hull and spar as she was when she left my side.
And, she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port.
hull and spar as she was when she left my side.
And, she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port.
Her diminished size is in me -- not in her.
And, just at the moment when someone says, "There, she is gone,"
there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices
ready to take up the glad shout, "Here she comes!"
And, just at the moment when someone says, "There, she is gone,"
there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices
ready to take up the glad shout, "Here she comes!"
And that is dying...
