A Life Is Lived

A life is lived through losses and gains

A life is lived through joy and pain

A life is lived through sunshine and rain

This is how a life is lived

A life is lived through good times and bad

A life is lived through happy times and sad

A life is lived through having and had

This is how a life is lived

A life is lived through ups and downs

A life is lived through smiles and frowns

A life is lived through free choices and bounds

This is how a life is lived

A life is lived through easy and tough

A life is lived through smooth and rough

A life is lived through nothing and stuff

This is how a life is lived.

A life is lived through new and old

A life is lived through hot and cold

A life is lived through timid and bold

This is how a life is lived.

A life is lived through silence and noise

A life is lived through ruffled and poised

A life is lived through luck and choice

This is how a life is lived

You've lived your life, dear David

A life well lived and the hardest for us to say goodbye to

For the truth is, and we hope you are looking down from heaven to hear this

We could never get enough of you! 

And this is especially true

For Betty, Angela, Christine, Rosie, and Minoo

Your 5 sisters who absolutely adored you

Love, hugs and kisses from all of us standing here to you

As we bury your ashes with Mummy's

And make your final wish come true.

We love you David!

Dear Friends, Family, and Relatives,...this is the poem I read at the cemetery before we buried David's ashes.  There is an ache in my heart even as I publish this.  It is very hard to let go. The link to the YouTube of us saying our final goodbyes to David at the cemetery is below.  My sisters and I...and everyone who loved David, will now have to bravely step into the future with David in our hearts, spirits, and memories.

                                             Final David Interment