Why is it when it's much too late,
We know what should have been done?
Yet the lesson learned is forgotten,
As another battle's not won.

Why do we say "I'll call you"
Yet never pick up the phone?
Too busy with insignificant things,
Till we realize we are alone.

Instead of enjoying the best in life,
Sharing time with family and friends,
We're too wrapped up in our own little world,
Too involved with the odds and the ends.

Until we hear the awful news,
Of a friend who has suddenly passed,
At work on her forty-third birthday,
No inkling this day was her last.

We were going to "get together"
Catch up on the last few years,
But today it isn't shared laughter,
That brings the lingering tears.

How I wish I'd just followed through,
Just called when she came to my mind,
Gotten our group together once more,
Shared our lives - just one more time.

Oh, I know that she's in a better place,
Now her laughter's a song to God's ear,
And I'm sure He's embracing her tenderly,
But it's hard not to wish her still here.

All that's left now is a sad goodbye,
As she walks with the angels above,
And to wish her Godspeed on her journey,
To her new home surrounded by love.


In Loving Memory of "Gwen"
4/7/57 - 4/7/00
Oh, how you will be missed.