In life
you have to make the time to spend with those you love. It only
takes a minute... to call those you're thinking of.
I didn't
take the time to tell my father how I felt. I thought while in
the parlor, by the casket, where I knelt.
We loved
each other very much, but did not take the time, to stop and
say, "I love you," now the guilt I feel is mine.
Sitting
in the quiet lounge, at the funeral home, sipping at my coffee,
thinking I was all alone.
I never
even heard the older gentleman walk in,until he stood beside
me and said, "I'm your father's friend."
"Your
Dad and I were very close, he called me Crazy Tom. It was I who
introduced your father to your mom."
I left this
town some years ago, when you were just a child. So, you would
not remember me," he said and then he smiled.
He said,
"Your father's sudden death, must come as quite a blow.
But, yesterday, he told me something, I think that you should
know.
Your father
said he wished that you and he had stayed in touch. He told me
he was proud of you, and loved you very much.
He was sorry
you both parted, and had gone your separate ways. But he knew...
that you would love him, even to his dying day."
He put his
arms around me, with a very gentle touch, and said,"I know
your father, and he loves you very much."
He smiled
at me and said, "I must be off to see another. Oh, by the
way, would you say 'Hi' next time you see your Mother?"
As he walked
out I sat and wondered, why he had left so soon? Why didn't he
go see my mother, in the parlor room?
He and Dad,
talked YESTERDAY, that was a dumb mistake! Because this is the
second day of my father's wake.
I went back
to the parlor and I sat down by my Mom. I told her I was in the
lounge talking with Crazy Tom.
She looked
at me and suddenly, her eyes were filled with tears. "He
was your father's closest friend, but he's been dead for years."
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May the
angels keep you till morning.
May they
guide you through the night.
May they
comfort all your sorrows.
May they
help you win the fight.
May they
keep watch on your soul.
May they
show you better ways.
May they
guard you while you're sleeping.
May they
see you through your days.
May they
show you new hopes.
May they
still your every doubt.
May they
calm your every fear.
May they
hear when you shout.
May the
angels keep you till morning.
More than
this I cannot pray.
And if the
angels ever fail you.
Then may
God be there that day.
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