Best Wishes and Feel better Christina:

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

talula mon ami, I never realized you had the heart and soul of a poet. Maybe it took a loss such as this to give your words unbounding life. I wish I had said them.

[sheep79 (imported)]

Lilac you have been such an amazing friend to Christina. She will never be forgotten. I am not a religious person but I know she is a better place now.Life can be cruel sometimes, but maybe it was meant for you to be there for Christina when your other plans didn't work out. Sorry if I rambled but hugggssss Lilac. Dave

Im so sorry to report that our wonderful Christina has passed on as of lastnight at 2:30am. I did get to see her yesterday thank God for that. I seen how she was gasping to breath. She wasn't even alert enough to talk. Im just glad she didn't suffer any longer. Thanks everyone for your kind words. I'm gonna miss her so much.

love and hugs, Lilac

[Paolo]

Do not stand at my grave and weep

I am not there, I do not sleep

I am a thousand winds that blow

I am the diamond glint on snow

I am the sunlight on ripened grain

I am the gentle, gentle, autumn rain

Do not stand at my grave and weep

I am not there, I do not sleep

When you awake in the morning hush

I am the swift uplifting rush

Of quiet birds in summer taking flight

I am the soft, soft starlight, starlight at night

Do not stand at my grave and weep…

I am not there…

I do not sleep.

- As performed by Libera

Their site, with music samples: http://www.libera.org.uk/music.htm

[sag111 (imported)]

As I type this I am crying and I know the tears will not stop after I finish.Christian and I started about the same time on the archive and all I can say is my heart is so sad tonight for her family and for our sister Lilac as she was so close to our dear friend.Lilac you made her last years probley her best and God bless you for being their for her in the good times and the last days of her life.I do feel she is in Gods arms as I type this.I feel so bad for everyone.

[A-1 (imported)]

Sadness cannot describe our feelings of loss,

I do not handle death and dying too well.

Jesus, please forgive me for not saying OR doing more...

[Danya (imported)]

Dear Lilac,

You are in my thoughts and prayers

and you have my deepest sympathy. I know, both from reading your posts and from what I've heard from others, what great friends you were.

Christina and I communicated only a few times (she was already ill when I was getting to know her a bit), but she said just the right things to me. I will miss her gentle kindness.

[scottTx (imported)]

Let us say a prayer for a wonderful friend.

[kristoff]

Remembered Joy

Don't grieve for me, for now I'm free!

I follow the plan God laid for me.

I saw His face, I heard His call,

I took His hand and left it all...

I could not stay another day,

To love, to laugh, to work or play;

Tasks left undone must stay that way.

And if my parting has left a void,

Then fill it with remembered joy.

A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss...

Ah yes, these things I, too, shall miss.

My life's been full, I've savoured much:

Good times, good friends, a loved-one's touch.

Perhaps my time seemed all too brief—

Don't shorten yours with undue grief.

Be not burdened with tears of sorrow,

Enjoy the sunshine of the morrow.

For Lilac and Christina’s Friends and Family:

May you see God’s light on the path ahead

When the road you walk is dark.

May you always hear,

Even in your hour of sorrow,

The gentle singing of the lark.

When times are hard may hardness

Never turn your heart to stone,

May you always remember

When the shadows fall –

You do not walk alone.

Some Irish thoughts that I've always remembered. Authors unknown to me, but appreciated.

[philip1 (imported)]

Good bye Our sweet girl rest easy in the arms of the maker and know we soon will be home too.

[Daughter (imported)]

Please forgive me, as I am truly at a loss for words... I may not have known you well, but I know you to have touched the hearts of so very many. My dear Christina, if you would please save me a cloud near yours I would be most honored to spend eternity near the warmth and greatness I know you to have been.