Thinking of our dear heart 💜 in all terrains internal and external - loving you as a being of light and missing you so much
Your soul sister
Debra xxx
Debra Gainey
14th April 2023
Sending best wishes to you and your loved ones today from us here at Heart of Kent Hospice. Christmastime for many can mean a time for joy and family, but it can be an incredibly painful time if bereaved. I hope that treasured memories of Martha can offer you some comfort when times are hard.
Heart of Kent Hospice
12th December 2022
Dearest Martha, I only had the very great privilege and honour of meeting you once in-real-life, 'tho our paths had crossed via the blessing of Zoom many, many times since you met our darling Leanne. Your smile and your gentleness of spirit will remain forever imprinted on my heart. This poem (below) is for you, sweet soul. May you twinkle and shine over your beautiful family forevermore xx
Though we need to weep your loss,
You dwell in that safe place in our hearts,
Where no storm or night or pain can reach you.
Your love was like the dawn
Brightening over our lives
Awakening beneath the dark
A further adventure of colour.
The sound of your voice
Found for us
A new music
That brightened everything.
Whatever you enfolded in your gaze
Quickened in the joy of its being;
You placed smiles like flowers
On the altar of the heart.
Your mind always sparkled
With wonder at things.
Though your days here were brief,
Your spirit was live, awake, complete.
We look towards each other no longer
From the old distance of our names;
Now you dwell inside the rhythm of breath,
As close to us as we are to ourselves.
Though we cannot see you with outward eyes,
We know our soul's gaze is upon your face,
Smiling back at us from within everything
To which we bring our best refinement.
Let us not look for you only in memory,
Where we would grow lonely without you.
You would want us to find you in presence,
Beside us when beauty brightens,
When kindness glows
And music echoes eternal tones.
When orchids brighten the earth,
Darkest winter has turned to spring;
May this dark grief flower with hope
In every heart that loves you.
May you continue to inspire us:
To enter each day with a generous heart.
To serve the call of courage and love
Until we see your beautiful face again
In that land where there is no more separation,
Where all tears will be wiped from our mind,
And where we will never lose you again.
(On the death of a Beloved, by John O'Donohue)
Calie xx
17th October 2022