This page is in memory of my Nana, who passed away April 14 2006.  I still cant believe it, even though it has been 3 years.  I was in the US when Nana had her stroke, and unfortunately was not able to make it home in time to see her again.  She was never able to meet her great grandson (my son), which is something I will forever be sorry for.  While I was home in Australia I found the poem below on a card, which I bought and now have next to a photo of me with my Nana.

Do Not Stand At My Grave

Do not stand at my grave and weep,

I am not there, I do not sleep,

I am the thousand winds that blow,

I am the diamond glint on snow.

I am the sunlight on ripened grain,

I am the gentle Autumn rain,

I am the shining star at night,

When you awake to the morning light.

My time has come, I am at rest,

I am the sunset in the west,

I am the clouds that race above,

Where I watch over those I love.

Do not stand at my grave and cry,

I am not there, I did not die,

So hear these words that here I say,

I am the love that guides your way.

Elizabeth Mathieson Howarth.

Gone but never forgotten.  We love and miss you.

Beloved Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother to David, Richard, Sarah, Pat, Pam, Tammy, Kelly, Kristy, Anne, John, Aidyn, Jackson & Madison.