Nice quote/song lyrics/words needed (today) please!

I love that nannymarge ❤️

I would be inclined to say

'we miss you (name) and when we look at baby (name) we think of you', here's to our family.

Raise a glass and don't get too maudlin.

For my (now late) aunt I cross-stitched a picture of a rose with the following words below it:

'God gave us memory that we might have roses in December'

The Heavy Stone
My grief was a heavy stone,

rough and sharp.

Grasping to pick it up

My hands were cut.

Afraid to let go,

I carried it.

While I had my grief

you were not lost.

The rain of my tears

smoothed it.

The wind of my rage

weathered it,

making it round and small.

The cuts in my hands have healed.

Now in my palm it rests,

sometimes almost beautiful,

Sometimes almost you.

gillyjp thank you for this, a friend sent it to me when I lost my eldest son at the age of 30.
It gave me much comfort at the time of his death but I mislaid it and can't find it anywhere.

Flaxseed so sorry to hear you lost your brother at such an early age but can I recommend the verse posted by gillyjp 'I am not there', it gave me much comfort when I lost my son.

I like the one about just being next door, can't remember the title but whenever I hear it it feels comforting if you just think they are in the next room, sorry not next door that would be weird!

menopaws, I think this is what you are thinking of, by Henry Scott Holland:

Death is nothing at all.
I have only slipped away to the next room.
I am I and you are you.
Whatever we were to each other,
That, we still are.

Call me by my old familiar name.
Speak to me in the easy way
which you always used.
Put no difference into your tone.
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.

Laugh as we always laughed
at the little jokes we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me. Pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household word
that it always was.
Let it be spoken without effect.
Without the trace of a shadow on it.

Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same that it ever was.
There is absolute unbroken continuity.
Why should I be out of mind
because I am out of sight?

I am but waiting for you.
For an interval.
Somewhere. Very near.
Just around the corner.

All is well.

Nothing is past; nothing is lost. One brief moment and all will be as it was before only better, infinitely happier and forever we will all be one together with Christ.

Lovely yes humpty thanks, so comforting I think

Thank you all for your lovely ideas.

I hate to disappoint - but I was so busy I didn't get a chance to look back at your messages and we ended up just raising a toast and wishing him a happy birthday !

My parents were bearing up well, so I wouldn't have said anything too long or maudlin as I hate to see them cry

radicalnan - Your idea would have been just perfect

My parents had lots of cuddles with my GS which made the day more bearable for them, and we all had a really super afternoon.

Thanks to you all again

Some beautiful suggestions, I want to cut them out and keep them forever!