A friend of mine shared a story with me this morning, and with his permission I am sharing what it brought to my mind...

It was so long ago
But seems like yesterday
When I got the phone call
That you had gone away

The river was up
You had fallen in
My dear Brother
I'd never see you again

Though day after day
Night after night
We looked and we searched
Not giving up the fight

But each and every evening
I had to tell our Mother
You couldn't be found
My oldest Brother

Though this side of eternity
Your face I'd never again see
Know you are never forgotten my Brother
As you are a part of me

The day we lost you
Life would never be the same
But my daughter who never met you
Honored you in her daughter's name

It was so long ago
But seems like yesterday
When I got the phone call
That you had gone away...