Gone
Yet not forgotten,
Although we are apart,
Your spirit lives within me,
Forever in my heart.


The Lord said,
"I love you,
and I would never leave you.
When you saw only one set of footprints,
it was then that I carried you.


I am not gone.
MY soul lives on, 
but in a better place.
Surrounded by the light of God
in all his glory and grace.


Death leaves a heartache
No one can heal.
Love leaves a memory
No one can steal.


If Butterflies could fly to Heaven,
They would bring my Love to You
And Yours right back to Me.


You left and forgot
to tell my heart
how to live without you.

I've been to Heaven, and Iv'e been through Hell
On this winding road
'Where I end up only time will tell
Just relieve me of this load

A turn of fate can alter
Our foothold on the path
To send us sliding ever deeper
Toward the dark abyss of wrath

Still we must remember
To focus on the light
Hope and Faith must guide us 
Through this dark and dreary night

When the flower wilt's and dies
The seeds of life are sown
To brighten the earth a hundred fold
Wherever the wind has blown

Life springs eternal
From the holes and cracks
To renew our hope and find our faith
When the human spirt lacks

We are but a speck of paint
In the masterpiece of life
A never ending work of art
Strokes of Joy and Strife

Finding new direction
Our spirits will prevail
To be reborn in new form
To the Promised Land we'll sail

By Devin Ehlert

I would like to dedicate "If Tomorrow Starts Without Me" to Jordan's Mom, Donna Kincaid, with much Love, from your sister, Deborah.

If tomorrow starts without me, and I'm not there to see,
If the sun should rise and find your eyes all filled with tears for me;
I wish so much you wouldn't cry the way you did today,
While thinking of the many things we didn't get to say.
I know how much you love me....as much as I love you,
And each time that you think of me, I know you'll miss me too,
But when tomorrow starts without me, please try to understand,
That an Angel came and called my name and took me by the hand,
And said my place was ready in heaven far above,
And that I'd have to leave behind all those I dearly love.
But as I turned to walk away, a tear fell from my eye,
For all my life, I'd always thought, I didn't want to die.
I had so much to live for, so much left yet to do,
It seemed almost impossible, that I was leaving you.
I thought of all the yesterdays, the good ones and the bad,
I thought of all the love we shared and all the fun we had.
If I could relive yesterday, just even for a while,
I'd say good-bye and kiss you, and maybe see you smile.
But then I fully realized that this could never be,
For emptiness and memories would take the place of me.
And when I thought of worldly things I might miss come tomorrow,
I thought of you, and when I did my heart was filled with sorrow.
But when I walked through Heaven's Gates I felt so much at home.
When God looked down and smiled at me from His great golden throne,
He said,"This is eternity and all I've promised you...
Today your life on earth is past but here life starts anew.
I promise no tomorrow but today we'll always last,
And since each day's the same way there's no longing for the past.
You have been so faithful, so trusting and so true.
Though there were times you did some things you knew you shouldn't do.
But you have been forgiven and now at last you're free.
So won't you come and take my hand and share my life with me."
So when tomorrow starts without me, don't think we're far apart,
For every time you think of me, I'm right here, in your heart.