Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.
--Leo Tolstoy
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break.
--William Shakespeare, Macbeth
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
--Kahlil Gibran
May knowing you'rein the hearts and thoughts of others help you and yours through this time of sorrow.
Although no words can really help to ease the loss you bear,
just know that you are very close in every thought and prayer.
The sorrow of the faithful
is not that of permanent loss,
but the tender sense of sadness
that comes in saying good-bye for now
to someone we love.
May today's sorrow give way
to the peace and
comfort of God's love.
What we have once enjoyed
we can never lose...
All that we love deeply
becomes a part of us.~ Helen Keller
Extending deepest sympathy
For you in your loss.
And hoping, too,
That comfort and peace
May come to you.
Praying for friends to comfort you, faith to uphold you,
and loving memories
to help you smile again.
At this time of sorrow,
may these truths sustain you...
Your loved one will always
be as close as a memory,
and the God of all comfort
will always be as
close as a prayer.
The tide recedes but leaves behind bright seashells on the sand.
The sun goes down, but gentle
warmth still lingers on the land.
The music stops, and yet it echoes
on in sweet refrains.....
For every joy that passes,
something beautiful remains.
“Sadly missed along life's way,
quietly remembered every day...
No longer in our life to share,
but in our hearts, you're always there.”***
Words, however kind,
can't mend your heartache:
but those who care and
share your loss wish you
comfort and peace of mind.***
May you find strength
in the love of family
and in the warm embrace
of friends.
It will be the little things
that you will remember,
the quiet moments,
the smiles, the laughter.
And although it may seem
hard right now,
it will be the memories
of these little things
that help to push
away the pain
and bring the smiles
back again.
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming grief...and unspeakable love.~ Washington Irving
Whoever you hold in the heart of you
Is forever and always a part of you.
To live in hearts we leave behind
Is not to die.~ Thomas Campbell, 'Hallowed Ground'***
What moves through us is a silence, a quiet sadness, a longing for one more day, one more word, one more touch, we may not understand why you left this earth so soon, or why you left before we were ready to say good-bye, but little by little, we begin to remember not just that you died, but that you lived. And that your life gave us memories too beautiful to forget.
Although it's difficult today to see beyond the sorrow,
May looking back in memory help comfort you tomorrow.
“Those we love don't go away,
They walk beside us every day,
Unseen, unheard, but always near,
Still loved, still missed and very dear.
Life is eternal, and love is immortal,
and death is only a horizon;
and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight.
~ Rossiter Worthington Raymond
While we are mourning the loss of our friend, others are rejoicing to meet him behind the veil.
~John Taylor
Although it's difficult today to see beyond the sorrow,
May looking back in memory help comfort you tomorrow.
~ Author Unknown
Grieve not, nor speak of me with tears, but laugh
And talk of me as if I were beside you. I loved
You so—‘twas heaven here with you.
~ Isla Paschal Richardson
For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.
~ William Penn
The angels are always near to those who are grieving, to whisper to them that their loved ones are safe in the hand of God.
~ Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994
Those we hold closest to our hearts never truly leave us. They live on in the kindness they have shared and the love they brought into our lives.
~ Author Unknown
Although it's difficult today to see beyond the sorrow,
May looking back in memory help comfort you tomorrow.
~ Author Unknown***
May you see God's light on the path ahead
When the road you walk is dark.
May you always hear,
Even in your hour of sorrow,
The gentle singing of the lark.
When times are hard may hardness
Never turn your heart to stone,
May you always remember
when the shadows fall—
You do not walk alone.
~ Irish Blessing
He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man.
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery***
"There's a very special garden
Where the trees of memory grow
Nurtured by the kindness
And concern that good friends show.
The roots are cherished memories Of good times in the past.
The branches tender promises that souls endure and last.
It's a place of peace and beauty
Where bright new hopes can start
It's memory's lovely garden That soothes the hurting heart"
~Unknown
"Remember me in the family tree; my name, my days, my strife. Then I'll ride upon the wings of time and live an endless life."
Words often don’t express the feelings we have but sometimes those words can get us through hard times. Take solace in the memories of a wonderfulperson
that touched the lives of many.
Like a bird singing in the rain, let grateful memories survive in time of sorrow.
– Robert Louis Stevenson.
A beautiful soul is never forgotten, just remembered with great love.
Those who touch our lives, stay in our hearts forever.
The love in our family flows strong and deep, leaving us memories to treasure and keep.
I loved you for your whole life and I will remember you for the rest of mine.
Death leaves a heartache nothing can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.
People come into our lives and leave footprints on our hearts and we are never the same.
Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.
It's hard to forget someone who have us so many memories to remember.
