When Tomorrow Starts Without Me

Today is the anniversary of a piece of my heart being taken away and so this post is dedicated to a very special lady who is loved dearly and missed terribly every single day. She was a firm believer that those we love who have died are never really gone, they're just waiting patiently for the day we can join them and as she always told me 'Love lasts forever and death knows no time'.

I hope this is true.

The poem below was read at her funeral and will always remain close to my heart.

RIP Nan 12/02/29 - 26/10/07

When tomorrow starts without me

And I’m not here to see

If the sun should rise and find your eyes

All filled with tears for me

I wish you wouldn’t cry 

The way you did today

While thinking of the many things

We did not get to say

I know how much you love me

As much as I love you

Each time that you think of me

I know you will miss me too

When tomorrow starts with out me

Please try to understand

That an angel came and called my name

And took me by the hand

The angel said my place was ready

In heaven far above

And that I would have to leave behind

All those I dearly love

But when I walked through heaven’s gates

I felt so much at home

When God looked down and smiled at me 

From his golden throne

He said 'this is eternity

And all I promised you

Today your life on earth is done

But here it starts a new

I promise no tomorrow 

For today will always last

And since each day’s the exact same way

There is no longing for the past'

So when tomorrow starts without me

Do not think that we’re apart

For every time you think of me 

I’m right here in your heart

xxx