Miss You More Than I Can Say

I've been thinking about Matt so much today and by extension, my nephews. How I miss them all!

Matty, I wanted to call you today and say, "Man, your nephews and niece looked so cute today. How are MY nephews doing? Oh! And I ran into your friend, Bobby!" I think you would have liked hearing that. I sure do miss you, Bro. You are forever in my heart and I will treasure the short time I had with you on this earth. I find comfort in knowing that this parting isn't permanent. I carry you with me wherever I go and await the day when we're together again. Love, Deedubber

"Death is nothing at all

I have only slipped away into the next room

I am I and you are you

Whatever we were to each other

That we are still

Call me by my old familiar name

Speak to me in the easy way you always used

Put no difference into your tone

Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow

Laugh as we always laughed

At the little jokes we always enjoyed together

Play, smile, think of me, pray for me

Let my name be ever the household word

that it always was

Let it be spoken without effort

Without the ghost of a shadow in it

Life means all that it ever meant

It is the same as it ever was

There is absolute unbroken continuity

What is death but a negligible accident?

Why should I be out of mind

Because I am out of sight?

I am waiting for you for an interval

Somewhere very near

Just around the corner

All is well.

Nothing is past; nothing is lost

One brief moment and all will be as it was before."