Our family will forever remember Andrea's generosity and loving spirit. She touched each of us in such a profound way. We love you, Andrea. Rest in peace, dear friend. xoxo
Gone From My Sight
By Henry Van Dyke
I am standing upon the seashore.
A ship, at my side, spreads her white sails
to the moving breeze
and starts for the blue ocean.
She is an object of beauty and strength.
I stand and watch her until, at length,
she hangs like a speck of white cloud
just where the sea and sky come
to mingle with each other.
Then, someone at my side says,
"There, she is gone."
Gone where?
Gone from my sight. That is all.
She is just as large in mast,
hull and spar as she was when she left my side.
And, she is just as able to bear her load
of living freight to her destined port.
Her diminished size is in me -- not in her.
And, just at the moment when someone says,
"There, she is gone,"
there are other eyes watching her coming,
and other voices ready to take up the glad shout,
"Here she comes!"
And that is dying...
Dear Jesus, help me to spread your fragrance everywhere I go.
Flood my soul with your Spirit and Life.
Penetrate and possess my whole being, so utterly that all my life
may only be a radiance of you.
Shine through me and be so in me, that every soul I come in contact
with may feel your presence in my soul.
Let them look up and see no longer me, but only you, Jesus.
Stay with me, and then I shall begin to shine as you shine,
as a light unto others; the light, O Jesus, will be all from you;
None of it will be mine; it will be you shining on others through me!
Let me praise you in the way you love best,
by shining on those around me.
Let me preach you without preaching, not by words, but by example,
By the catching force of the sympathetic influence of what I do;
The evident fullness of the love my heart bears for you, Jesus.
Amen Prayer of Cardinal John Henry Newman
My Sweet Sister...always cleaning, organized, lover of wines, beautiful person, wonderful mother, wife, sister, Aunt, and friend. A life taken away from us way too soon. Left a great memory with whomever she met. Suffered horribly...I know she is at peace. She will be missed.
Phil, Mary, Angela and Danny
