BFO Durham Region

Though you’re no longer with me,

Every day I find,

One way or another,

You’re back there on my mind.

I might hear a piece of music,

And at once my mind is stirred,

Back to a treasured moment,

The two of us have shared.

I never try to stop them.

I let them just flow through.

It’s just my way of spending time,

Once again with you.

~ Jody Day

We have many unwanted companions

As we walk this road of grief.

They gang up or come singly –

Will there ever be relief?

Fear keeps stalking stealthily

It jumps upon us unaware

Or walks beside us with its presence

To let us know that it is there.

Sorrow is our constant shadow

Pain is its closest friend.

Tears abound by streams and oceans

It seems they’ll never end.

Anger rears its ugly head

Some is defined, some not.

We thrash about quite wildly

In confusion we are caught.

Behind the dark clouds is some sun

Though we’re beset with doubt.

But we’ll tread this road with courage –

Some day it will come out.

~ Peggy Kind

Fall is a season of many feelings. Autumn is here once again, as it comes every year.

And with the leaves, my falling tears.

This time of year is the hardest of all…

My heart is still breaking, once again it is fall.

Memories once so vivid seem to fade.

My time spent with you seems some other age.

This season reminds me of grief and of pain,

But yet teaches hope and joy once again.

For the trees are still living beneath their gray bark.

And you, my sweet child, Are alive in my heart!

~ Cindy Schake

May the stars carry your sadness away

May the flowers fill your heart with beauty

May hope forever wipe away your tears

And, above all, may silence make you strong

~ Chief Dan George

When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.

~ Author Unknown

"Grieving is as natural as crying when you are hurt, sleeping when you are tired, or sneezing when your nose itches. It is nature's way of healing a broken heart."

~Doug Manning, Don't Take my Grief Away from Me