Until We See Again

I am standing upon the seashore.
A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze
and starts for the blue ocean.
She is an object of beauty and strength,
and I stand and watch until at last she hangs
like a speck of white cloud
just where the sea and sky come down to mingle with each other.
Then someone at my side says,
“There she goes!”
Gone where?
Gone from my sight . . . that is all.
She is just as large in mast and hull and spar
as she was when she left my side
and just as able to bear her load of living freight
to the place of destination.
Her diminished size is in me, not in her.
And just at the moment
when someone at my side says,
“There she goes!”
there are other eyes watching her coming . . .
and other voices ready to take up the glad shout . . .
“Here she comes!”

Poem credits.

Sanna (from my October's Day in the Life Session) passed away this weekend after fighting so hard for nine months. Her memorial service will be held in New Hampshire on June 2nd (details here), and later in Finland as well.

Please continue to keep Sanna's family in your prayers as they grieve the loss of their beloved mom, wife, daughter, sister, aunt, family member, friend.

Here is a link to Sanna's blog, to the family's Go Fund Me page, and to Billy Graham's devotional, which talks about the eternal hope Sanna and her family also believe in.

Rest in peace, dear Sanna. Until we see again.