I felt like I should share this poem that Terry wrote for his dad in 2011. It fits for Terry as much as it fit for his father and I have thought of it often. This poem is on this blog already (here), but I have added it again for easy access.
Showing posts with label Blessed Parting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blessed Parting. Show all posts
Friday, December 19, 2014
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Blessed Parting II
After the death of his father, Terry wrote a poem titled "Blessed Parting", and it was printed on a bookmark, given at the funeral. A few months later Terry found these words entering his mind, and he put to pen and paper to save them for the appropriate time. Now is that time, as we share it with you...In memory of the one we love.
Blessed Parting was dedicated to Terry's father,
Keith Auger Hebdon
17 December 1921 - 5 July 2011.
Blessed Parting II is dedicated to his mother,
Idris Egbert Hebdon
7 January 1921 - 17 January 2012.
Blessed Parting II
The linger longer method
Is also a plan divine.
It’s how grandma proved to all of us
That she would never whine.
Perhaps you can remember
When grandpa passed away;
It was grandma who lead the music
For the closing song that day.
Some would say she’s stoic.
Others would say she’s strong.
Even others would mention giving.
None of them would be wrong.
When you think of departed Grandma
Think of bread or a popcorn ball
And you will certainly realize
That she isn’t dead at all.
But she continues living
Just not in this particular place.
She’s with Keith and the other loved ones
Who have ascended to greater Grace.
Blessed Parting was dedicated to Terry's father,
Keith Auger Hebdon
17 December 1921 - 5 July 2011.
Blessed Parting II is dedicated to his mother,
Idris Egbert Hebdon
7 January 1921 - 17 January 2012.
Blessed Parting II
The linger longer method
Is also a plan divine.
It’s how grandma proved to all of us
That she would never whine.
Perhaps you can remember
When grandpa passed away;
It was grandma who lead the music
For the closing song that day.
Some would say she’s stoic.
Others would say she’s strong.
Even others would mention giving.
None of them would be wrong.
When you think of departed Grandma
Think of bread or a popcorn ball
And you will certainly realize
That she isn’t dead at all.
But she continues living
Just not in this particular place.
She’s with Keith and the other loved ones
Who have ascended to greater Grace.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Loss
This post is long over due, yet has been attempted many times.
This loss our family is going through right now has also left me at a loss for words.
My hope was to convey the feelings of my heart, but I'm sure I cannot even come close.
I do believe that some things are better left unsaid. But there are some things that do need said - I just don't know how to say them.
Terry, however, can put words together very poetically, and has done so on this occasion. So it is his words I chose to share with you who read this post, and it is dedicated to the one we love...
Keith Auger Hebdon
17 December 1921 - 5 July 2011
Blessed Parting
An expeditious passing
Can be a fortuitous thing,
It diminishes the pain and anguish
That protracted illnesses bring.
The finality of the death though
Certainly hits the heart.
But what concludes in one place
In another gets it’s start.
That’s what happened to grandpa
Or dad or however you call his name.
That’s what will happen to each of us
The process is the same.
So the theater of life goes on and on.
The players come and go.
From God back to God,
The Savior made it so.
There is one personal thought I wish to share - Though we wish for a loved one to not have to suffer and struggle for too long, we are grateful for the time that Keith spent in the hospital. This was a time of closure, allowing loved ones to draw closer to him and show a tenderness that was so needed in our hearts as one leaves this earth.
We are ever grateful to our Father in Heaven for the many blessings He has sent our way. Though there is sorrow, there is greater joy in the fact that Families Can Be Together Forever. We pray that ours will be so, and know that it can be as we strive to follow our Savior.
Services are Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Viewing 1:00 pm
Funeral 2:00 pm
This loss our family is going through right now has also left me at a loss for words.
My hope was to convey the feelings of my heart, but I'm sure I cannot even come close.
I do believe that some things are better left unsaid. But there are some things that do need said - I just don't know how to say them.
Terry, however, can put words together very poetically, and has done so on this occasion. So it is his words I chose to share with you who read this post, and it is dedicated to the one we love...
Keith Auger Hebdon
17 December 1921 - 5 July 2011
Blessed Parting
An expeditious passing
Can be a fortuitous thing,
It diminishes the pain and anguish
That protracted illnesses bring.
The finality of the death though
Certainly hits the heart.
But what concludes in one place
In another gets it’s start.
That’s what happened to grandpa
Or dad or however you call his name.
That’s what will happen to each of us
The process is the same.
So the theater of life goes on and on.
The players come and go.
From God back to God,
The Savior made it so.
There is one personal thought I wish to share - Though we wish for a loved one to not have to suffer and struggle for too long, we are grateful for the time that Keith spent in the hospital. This was a time of closure, allowing loved ones to draw closer to him and show a tenderness that was so needed in our hearts as one leaves this earth.
We are ever grateful to our Father in Heaven for the many blessings He has sent our way. Though there is sorrow, there is greater joy in the fact that Families Can Be Together Forever. We pray that ours will be so, and know that it can be as we strive to follow our Savior.
Services are Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Viewing 1:00 pm
Funeral 2:00 pm
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