(Extract from The Dash by Linda Ellis) I read of a man who stood to speak At the funeral of a friend He referred to the dates on the tombstone From the beginning...to the end He noted that first came the date of birth And spoke the following date with tears, But he said what mattered most of all Was the dash between those years For that dash represents all the time That they spent alive on earth. And now only those who loved them Know what that little line is worth For it matters not, how much we own, The cars...the house...the cash. What matters is how we live and love And how we spend our dash. I only knew Ron for a relatively short time, in his later years, but he was definitely a man who used his "dash" to the full. He raised a lovely family, worked hard to provide for them and loved them unconditionally. One of the nicest men I had the pleasure of knowing. Thank you Ron x

His Journey's Just Begun - Ellen Brenneman Don't think of him as gone away, his Journey's just begun, life holds many facets, this earth is only one. Just think of him as resting, from the sorrows and the tears, in a place of warmth and comfort, where there are no days and years. Think how he must be wishing, that we could know, today, how nothing but our sadness can really pass away. And think of him as living in the hearts of those he touched... for nothing loved is ever lost - and he was loved so much.

Those We Love by Anonymous The ones we Love don't go away; They walk beside us every day. Unseen, unheard but always near Still loved, still missed and very dear. Wishing us hope in the midst of sorrow, Offering comfort in the midst of pain, both today and tomorrow