Tuesday, December 6, 2016

When Death Comes


Dedicated to my father, Norm, The Bear, and his surrender to a life of love. He would have wanted it this way for me.  

When death comes, may it open my heart to the life that was. May it find in me a peace that comes from having given so much that I lost everything to a world in need. When death comes, I hope it finds me used-up, spent, bereft of material trappings, but filthy rich in stories of unreasonable risks, audacious generosity, and leaps off of cliffs into freezing pools. May I be found guilty of having said "I love you" too often. When death comes, may my body be bent from having walked too many miles, been in too many bike crashes. May my face be tanned and wind burned. May my friends get drunk and fall into bed with each other. When death comes, I hope it finds something beautiful that I left behind, something that makes children think, laugh, and cry with tears of understanding. May the words I spoke ring true for years after I am gone. May the love I gave lift my ashes and spread them over the hungry mountains.

9 comments:

  1. Absolutely beautiful! We love you and we loved Norman.

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  2. A beautiful remembrance. Sending Love.

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  3. Very wonderful, Erec
    from Ed Leven

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  4. Lovely Erec. I believe you will be all of those things when you die. You have been a good son a good friend and a good teacher to your father. You did your dance well together.

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  5. Touching and we'll written. You will be all of what you mentioned.

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  6. Touching and we'll written. You will be all of what you mentioned.

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