| Age | 74 years |
| Date of Birth | 1925 |
| Date of Death | 11/1999 |
| Visitors | 315 since 08/05/2007 |
| Creator |
this is for John Gentleman Mitchell. he passed away peacefully on the 18th of november 1999 at the age of 75. he stayed in broomhouse for most of his life. His middle name explains it all. He was the kindest most 'gentle' person you would meet. he was a pleasure to everyone that knew him. he ws a loving father, grandfather and great grandfather to all the family. although he is gone he will never be forgotten. R.I.P Dad love sheila xxxx
Healing Tears
Do you wonder if the tears will ever stop? They steadily fall, unpredictable and unexpectedly. Like spring floods, these human raindrops pool into streams them seemingly flow into rivers. Like spring showers, they pop up, beat us down for a time, then just suddenly they dry up.
Often inconvenient and unwanted, these signs of mourning, sadness and pains also signify caring, love, joy and even relief. At times , we clearly understand their meaning in our day. Other times, nothing is clear. Everything is so jumbled, confusing and meaningless.
Perahps we just cry for no acknowledgeable reason. Is that so bad? After all, we're suffered a LOSS. Perhaps the death of a person or the death of dreams, hopes and plans leaves us feeling hopeless and powerless. Maybe we pity ourselfves. Maybe we frustrated and powerless right now.
We know of others who havent cried, which may make us angry, worried or even jealous. Does it mean they dont care, or didnt care as much as we? Does it mean we cared too much, that we are too soft and sentimental? There are no simple answers to why some of us cry and others dont.
We remind ourselves that tears are not the only signs of grieving. There are so many others. Humans are different,
our closest friends and relatives will grieve in their own ways,with their own time frames, rythms, and patterns. Just as we grieve uniquerly, so weill they.
Others may tell us to stop crying, I have heard that so often even from close family of mine, as though we can command nature to change course. how burdensome this is. We must, and will, cry as long as we need to cry, as often as we feel the dampness of moisture, as many raindrops as our body produces. Not to cry when our very nature demands the realease is to deny our HUMANESS.
What we, and those around us, may not know is that the healing nature of our tears. Our body produces ters for biological reasons. Chemically, the composition of tears of emotional pain differs from tears of laughter and joy or tears of physical pain. Tears help wash out negative chemicals building up when our body experiences pain or stress.
TEARS CLEANSE.
How many tears does it take? WHY, just as manay as are needed - JUST REMEMBER that there is a physical as well as emotional benefit to crying may help us accept our unique patterns of crying - or not crying.
Nowhere does it say a person must cry to be healed. Or that we must cry in front of others. Some sob, others wail and keen: some remain silent, tears flowing inside. Some select the time and the place where they will release their flood. Others find themselves incapable of controlling the tide.
Many have wanted to cry and just feel they could'nt open the ducts. They might subsitute a healthy scream for the effort. Screaming can release the emotions blocking the tears, supressing the buds of healing from surfacing.
So can journaling, or writing about our grief journeys. Sitting quietly, allowing ourselves to focus, relaxing into our pain may stimulate the tears. But if it does'nt perhaps we simply not ready to cry. Be assured, humans cry. And, like grief ebbs and flows, so will our need to cry.
And what if we suddenly find ourselves enjoying something, actually laughing until the tears flow again? Shocked to think we might be forgetting our pain forgetting our loved ones and moving forward, we may suck our breath inward, grasp our tears back, feel guilty and remorse instead of gladness. Is this the way it is to be forever? How long before we allow ourselves to anticipate the good things even while succumbling to periods of grief and longing? The answer seems repitive.........
AS LONG AS WE NEED....................................................
Life is full or sorrow, from birth to death. Life is also full of wonder and joy. We experience so much in this world. Tears are small miracles of life, for tears of joy and tears of pain both heal.
This spring we will watch the bulbs blossom, trees turn green, grass peek through, perhaps hidden in our grief, almost without our acknowledgement or our awareness, we will sense our growth too. We will celebrate our humanness by honoring our need to cry or not to cry. We will laugh when we can, cry if we feel it, and allow others to do what they find healing, too.
Springs is about deluges of raindrops, sunny days, past huge clouds, impatientlyu waiting for the weather to get better. So too, is grief. Out of great pain and sorrow comes learning , possibilities and growth. Maybe even a deeper knowledge of eternal spring.
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To each and individual Gone too soon friend i have made since December last year - I am so THANKFUL!!!!!
I pray for you all everyday..... I thank GOD for bringing you all into my life....... I know how i am battling and suffering and how much i miss my precious daughter so i know how you all feeling - just to let you all know YOU ARE NOT ALONE -together with each others love - care we will take one day at a time and with the help of God we are going to get through the day.....
One day at a time ..........
In Matthews 5.4 it states
BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO MOURN FOR THEY WILL BE COMFORTED!!!
So to each and everyonen of you - I thank you - whether is has been a candle you lit, a tribute you gave , a photo you sent and email you send me whatever.......
I AM GRATEFUL and I SEND YOU ALL MY LOVE........
To all of you my very special friends.....
Have a peaceful- and blessed weekend...... our loved ones
are shining above us and sending us all their love......
Lots of love
Isabelle - Proud Mom of Natassia da Silva
Thinking on you
May I help you
The answer is no thank you
and then i say i am fine
When in reality my words are nothing more than lies
My heart is weary of trying to pretend that i am feeling cheery
Behind those laughing eyes
Lies pain on the face in whose falsehood lies
Broken hearts and broken dreams
A false facade hides in those unheard screams
Pain no one could ever imagine
Fights a fight that no one can ever win
May I help you? The clerk repeat
and again Isay no... as our eyes meet
Things are not okay nor will they ever be okay
Although every night and day in my heart I pray and pray
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Crying to myself
Never asking for anything more
Not from the internet not from the store
Yet alone at night while i lay in bed
Thoughts of sadness play in my head.
Wanting for nothing expensive or bought
Peace and happiness is the only things sought
Tired of crying late through the night
Not wanting to argue not wanting to fight
Sitting at home for days without end
Wondering what happened to my child my best friend
Crying for hours as time passes by
Thinking to myself why do I cry?
Lost in a world full of worries and fears
Brings nothing but sadness depression and tears
Crying to myself seems to ease some of the pain
Yet, what does it do? What does it gain?
Please take away the worry, the pain and the grief
Give me a chance to get some needed relief
To sleep through the night without all this crying
The burdens to heavy, I feel like I'm dying.
Strength, love and courage try to keep me on track
THese I rely on to keep the weight off my back
Pretending and smiling is all that I can do
Crying to myself becuase of how I cant get over of losing you.....
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TO ALL MY GONE TOO SOON FRIENDS
When you are lonely
I wish you love
WHen you are down
I wish you joy
When you are troubled
I wish you peace!!
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Sending you all my love and thanking you as always for the love and support i have received from each and individual person and from thanks for the love you sending Natassia
xxxxxxx
Lots and lots of Love
Isabelle
Just beyond the sunset
Someone waits for me
Just beyond the sunset
Lies my destiny
Where the purple mountains
Lie in deep tranquillity
There I’ll find the treasure
Of love eternally
Just beyond the sunset
Waits someone so fair
Just beyond the sunset
All alone they wait there
Their hair is golden
The colour of the sand
Their eyes sparkle in the night
Like diamonds in your hand
Just beyond the sunset
Lies a home for me
Where the world is peaceful
Like a paradise should be
Just beyond the sunset
Someday is where you’ll find me
Easter message
Wishing all my Gone Too Soon Friends
all the joy that Easter can bring
a day when you'll find
happiness in everything.
May it be a day of warm memories to share,
with enough sunshine to make you forget your cares.
May the true meaning of Easter penetrate your heart,
and the KNOWING that Jesus Christ died for all our sins, penetrate your spirit and bless you!!!
On Easter Day - I'll say a prayer for all my new friends on GTS
in hopes that your fondest dreams come true.
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AS MUCH AS IT HURTS
As much as it hurts we agree with our religion
And try to understand GOD'S Master Plan
Or perhaps we already know
That God has a Master Plan
But dont quite understand it
In either case GOD understands
That we are ' imperfect human beings'
And knows that - no matter how much we try
to understand His Master Plan
Losing a loved one HURTS!!!!!
We have to be strong enough to carry on
As our dearly beloved departed would expect us to
We need to have faith that we will someday
See each other again
But only this time , it'll will be for all Eternity
Living in true peace without the hurt.
Think about this
One minute in Heaven
is equal to 100 years on Earth:
For us, the next 10.20.30. 50 or even 75 years
Living without a loved one hurts
But for them , it'll be like you dropped them off at a restaurant
And parked the car
They'll turn and spot you and say:
OH! THERE YOU ARE!!!!!
As much as it hurts
THINK ABOUT THIS
As you pray for the faithfull departed love one(s) of your life
End your prayers and,
As you said to answer your mom and dad
As they called you to the dinner table,
Gently whisper:
Be with you in a MINUTE!
My prayers and my heart is with each and every single one of you - my NEW SPECIAL GTS FRIENDS!!!!
Candles will be lit at my home for all of our loved ones.
Again.......
Thank you ....... each and everyone of you for the photos,
the candles, the tributes, the care and love you have shown!
I am forever grateful!!!!
GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!
With a big hug and lots of love
your friend
Isabelle - Natassia da Silvas Proud Mom
In Our Hearts
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We thought of you with love today,
But that is nothing new.
We thought about you yesterday.
And days before that too.
We think of you in silence.
We often speak your name.
Now all we have is memories.
And your picture in a frame.
Your memory is our keepsake.
With which we’ll never part.
God has you in his keeping.
We have you in our heart.
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Thank you for your continued messages and heartfelt support it means a lot to me and my family. Sending my love always to you Sheila and your loved ones their memories never fade, take care, Heidi & Family – GTS George Jones
I believe in Miracles
And dreams that will come true,
And I believe in happiness,
And friendship, through and through.
I believe that when you cry,
Your tears are not in vain,
And when you're sad and lonely,
Someone knows your pain.
I believe that when you laugh,
A sparkle starts to shine,
And before you know it sparks will spread,
From more hearts than just thine.
I believe the gifts you have,
Are there for you to share,
And when you give them from the heart,
The whole world knows you care.
I believe that if you give,
Even just to one,
That gift will grow in magnitude,
Before the day is done.
I believe that Love is still,
The greatest gift of all,
And when it's given from the heart,
It will conquer all.
christmas wishes
My Christmas wishes fly to you,
Like lovely snowflakes from the blue,
Spilling gently from my heart,
Falling softly through the dark,
Until they find your candlelight,
Through whispering winds that sing of night.
May peace and joy wrap you in,
Blankets of love, where hope has been.
And may your kind and gentle ways,
Be blessed with happy, peaceful days,
Becoming more beautiful with every thought,
Like every flake the earth has caught.
LIKE A WILLOW
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In the garden of trees
Stands a willow
A willow that weeps
Through the years
Named aptly for
Heartache and sorrow
Each leaf represents
One more tear
With grace those leaves
Blow on a soft wind
To remind of your loved one
Gone Away;
Yet it reaches its branches
Toward heaven
With the promise
We'll see them again someday
It stands in the midst
Of the storm tossed winds
A tree with quiet beauty and grace
Like our hearts it survives
Through the worst of it all
And will 'till we see
Your loved ones face^I^
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my grandad
Grandad, you really were one of the gentlest people I've met. I remember when I was young my mum once told me that you were quite strict as a father and I just couldn't imagine my gentle grandad being strict with anyone, but then I suppose that's the difference between being a Dad and a Grandad. I love you Grandad and miss you, RIP xxx
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