R.I.P. Dear Diana/Katie

At her memorial service, there were these little cards. The poem on the back, though not really something Katie would have word for word agreed with (those that knew her, would know this), but the overall sentiment and the idea of her consoling us and not wishing US to grieve ... that was ALL Diana.

Somehow, reading it made the pain in me, ease just a little. It is my hope, that if you knew her and you are just learning that she has passed away ... that you too can gain a little comfort from it and know that she is truly no longer in any pain or discomfort and truly free.

In Loving Memory

Diana Sexton

August 21, 1954 ~ September 23, 2009

I'm Free

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

I'm following the path God laid for me.

I took His hand when I heard Him call,

I turned my back and left it all.

I could not stay another day,

To laugh, to love, to work or play.

Tasks left undone must stay that way

I've found that peace

at the close of the day.

If my parting has left a void,

Then fill it remembered joy.

A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss,

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

Perhaps my time seemed all too brief

Don't lengthen it now with undue grief.

Lift up your heart and share with me,

God wanted me now, He set me free.

Civic Center Chapel

Wilson & Kratzer Mortuaries

Richmond, California