{"id":334,"date":"2011-10-18T17:41:59","date_gmt":"2011-10-18T22:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bloggersden.org\/blogs\/nick\/?p=334"},"modified":"2011-10-18T17:41:59","modified_gmt":"2011-10-18T22:41:59","slug":"grandmothers-funeral-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloggersden.org\/blogs\/nick\/?p=334","title":{"rendered":"Grandmother’s Funeral Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"

If tomorrow starts without me, and I\u2019m not there to see,
\nIf the sun should rise and find your eyes all filled with tears for me;
\nI wish so much you wouldn\u2019t cry the way you did today,
\nwhile thinking of the many things we didn\u2019t get to say.
\nI know how much you care for me, and how much I care for you,
\nand each time that you think of me I know you\u2019ll miss me too;<\/p>\n

But when tomorrow starts without me, please try to understand,
\nthat an angel came and called my name and took me by the hand,
\nand said my place was ready in heaven far above,
\nand that I\u2019d have to leave behind all those I dearly love.<\/p>\n

But as I turned to walk away, a tear fell from my eye,
\nfor all life, I\u2019d always thought I didn\u2019t want to die.
\nI had so much to live for and so much yet to do.
\nit seemed almost impossible that I was leaving you.
\nI thought of all the love we shared and all the fun we had.
\nIf I could relive yesterday, I thought, just for a while,
\nI\u2019d say goodbye and hug you and maybe see you smile.<\/p>\n

But then I fully realised that this could never be,
\nfor emptiness and memories would take the place of me.
\nAnd when I thought of worldly things that I\u2019d miss come tomorrow.
\nI thought of you, and when I did, my heart was filled with sorrow.<\/p>\n

But when I walked through Heaven\u2019s gates, I felt so much at home.
\nWhen God looked down and smiled at me, from His great golden throne,
\nHe said, “This is eternity and all I\u2019ve promised you,
\nToday your life on earth is past but here it\u2019s starts anew.
\nI promise no tomorrow, but today will always last.
\nand since each day\u2019s the same, there\u2019s no longing for the past.<\/p>\n

But you have been so faithful, so trusting, so true.
\nThough there were times you did some things you knew you shouldn\u2019t do.
\nAnd you have been forgiven and now at last you\u2019re free.
\nSo won\u2019t you come and take my hand and share my life with me?”<\/p>\n

So if tomorrow starts without me, don\u2019t think we\u2019re far apart,
\nfor every time you think of me, please know I\u2019m in your heart.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Author “David M Romano”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If tomorrow starts without me, and I\u2019m not there to see, If the sun should rise and find your eyes all filled with tears for me; I wish so much you wouldn\u2019t cry the way you did today, while thinking of the many things we didn\u2019t get to say. I know how much you care [&hellip<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggersden.org\/blogs\/nick\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggersden.org\/blogs\/nick\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggersden.org\/blogs\/nick\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggersden.org\/blogs\/nick\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggersden.org\/blogs\/nick\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=334"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bloggersden.org\/blogs\/nick\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":350,"href":"https:\/\/bloggersden.org\/blogs\/nick\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334\/revisions\/350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggersden.org\/blogs\/nick\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggersden.org\/blogs\/nick\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggersden.org\/blogs\/nick\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}