You can shed tears that she has gone,
Or you can smile because she has lived.
You can close your eyes and pray that she’ll come back,
Or you can open your eyes and see all she’s left.
Your heart can be empty because you can’t see her,
Or you can be full of the love you shared.
You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday,
Or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.
You can remember her and only that’s she’s gone,
Or you can cherish her memory and let it live on.
You can cry and close your mind, be empty, and turn your back,
Or you can do what she’d want – smile, open your eyes, love, and go on.
- Composed by Pamela Bryan on the death of her own mother.
3rd December 2024
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Sent by Alzheimer's Society on 03/12/2024
I am I and you are you, whatever we were to each other that we still are.
Speak to me in the easy way which you always used.
Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?
Life means all that it ever meant, it is the same as it ever was.
Extract from a poem by Henry Scott Holland