Remember me

Death is nothing at all, but the beginning of another life.
I have only slipped into the next room
I am I and you are you
whatever we were to each other that we are still.
Call me by my old familiar name,
Speak to me in the easy way which you always used
Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me, and pray for me.
Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same as it ever was, there is unbroken continuity.
Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?.
Remember me now that i am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land ,where you can no more hold me by the hand,.
Remember me when no more, day by day, you tell me of our future that you planned:
Only remember me
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:.
Always remember to forget the things that made you sad.
But never forget to remember the things that made you glad.
May the road rise to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face and rains fall soft upon your fields.
May you be poor in misfortune, rich in blessings.
May you know nothing but happiness from this day forward?

And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the hollow of His hands.
May God be with you and bless you, for ever and evermore.

                                                                                            Amen.