Faces Voices and Souls

Allow me to wax poetic, please
or scroll on by if too sappy…

Mom has departed this vale of tears.

Forty years apart and much life in between,
mom and dad stepped off this sod
and into eternity.

But they live on here and there
in their loved ones

In their photos and mementos
with the memory of their laughter and tears.
The funny stories and sad regrets.
Their empty places
and treasures they left behind.
Their wise advice and lifelong faith.

They live on in the eyes and smiles of their families:

The face and funny stories of my brother
are those of my da and his blarney!

The looks and personality of my oldest sis Patricia
are a mirror of dad’s mom Nana Sharkey

The beauty, brains and
heart of my sister Eileen
are those of Dad’s sister Winnie
and of dad himself♥.

The love and history we all have
with each other
are the fruit of mom and dad’s love
and long marriage.

While we are
any of us
still treading this blue ball

the love and influence
ancestry, hearts,
minds, and dreams
of our parents and their parents
still live on in us.

At least for now.

Until we each step off this blue ball
to join their beautiful souls
in God’s eternity.

In Jesus Mary and Joseph

JMJ