Memorial Wallet Card – Style 25

I’d like the memory of me to be a happy one
I’d like to leave an after glow of smiles when life is done.
I’d like to leave an echo, whispering softly down the ways.
Of happy times and laughing times and bright and sunny days.
I’d like the tears of those who grieve, to dry before the sun.
Of happy memories that I leave when life is done.

May the road rise up to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back,
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
And the rains fall soft upon your fields,
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.

She always leaned to watch for us
Anxious if we were late,
In winter by the window,
In summer by the gate.
And though we mocked her tenderly,
Who had such foolish care,
The long way home would seem more safe,
Because she waited there.
Her thought were all so full of us,
She never could forget.
And so I think the where she is,
She must be watching yet.
Waiting till’ we come home to her,
Anxious if we are late.
Watching from Heaven’s window,
Leaning from Heaven’s gate.

We’ll always remember that special smile,
that caring heart, that warm embrace,
you always gave us.
You being there for Mom and us through good and bad times, no matter what.
We’ll always remember you Dad because,
they’re never be another one to replace you in our hearts,
and the love we will always have for you.

There is a special Angel in Heaven that is part of me.
It is not where I wanted him but where God wanted him to be.
He was there but just a moment like a night-time shooting star.
And though he is in Heaven he isn’t very far.
He touched the heart of many like only an Angel can do.
So I send this special message to the Heavens up above.
Please take care of my Angel and send him all my love.

You are not forgotten
Nor will you ever be
No one can fill you vacant place.
Looking back with memories upon the path you trod
We bless the time we had with you
And leave the rest to God.

God grant me the Serenity to
Accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.

I am home in Heaven, dear ones.
Oh, so happy and so bright!
There is perfect joy and beauty
In the everlasting light.
Al the pain and grief is over,
Every restless tossing passed;
I am now at peace forever,
Safely home in Heaven at last.
There is work still waiting for you,
So you must not idly stand,
Do it now, while life remaineth…
You shall rest in God’s own land.
When that work is all completed,
He will gently call you Home;
Oh, the rapture of that meeting
Oh, the joy to see you come.

If Roses grow in Heaven Lord,
please pick a bunch for me.
Place them in my Mother’s arms
and tell her they’re from me.
Tell her that I love her and miss her,
and when she turns to smile,
place a kiss upon her cheek
and hold her for a while.
Because remembering her is easy,
I do it every day,
but there is an ache within my heart
that will never go away.

We thought of you with love today.
But that is nothing new.
We thought about you yesterday.
And days before that too.
We think of you in silence.
We often speak your name.
Now all we have is memories.
And your picture in a frame.
Your memory is our keepsake.
With which we’ll never part.
God has you in His Keeping.
We have you in our heart.

We miss your smile, your joking ways.
We miss the things you used to say.
And when old times we do recall,
It’s when we miss you most of all.