'You can Shed tears' by David Harkins (adpated)
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 will come back, or you can open your eyes and see all that she has 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 she is 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 would want: smile, open your eyes, love and go on.
Jayne
22nd November 2018
Thank you for setting up this memorial to Gwen.
We hope that you find it a positive experience developing the site and that it becomes a place of comfort and inspiration for you to visit whenever you want or need to.
Sent by Dementia UK on 12/11/2018
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