In life there is little time for time alone but tomorrow, all action, all time, will stop just for one day to make peace and reflection the focus.

For whilst tomorrow will bring back the pain of loss for so many, tomorrow for me will be about just one small family and their small loss. In this big wide world, with a backdrop of the date, we are nothing, but to them, he was everything. I ask you to think of us tomorrow as we deserve your thoughts as well.

I did not die

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 diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain;
I am the gentle Autumn’s rain.

When you awaken in the morning’s hush.
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft star that shines at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there;
I did not die.

This loss may not be my loss, but this pain is my own; for all you who have lost, the people around you lose too – to see pain in someone’s eyes is also pain for you.

Kxx