Essie Belle Anderson

When the days are sad and lonely and everything goes wrong, I seem to hear you Whisper, "Cheer up and carry on." Every time I see your picture, you smile ans seem to say, "Don't cry, I'm only sleeping, we'll meet again someday." God saw you getting weary, so he did what he thought best. We came and stood beside you, and whispered "Come and rest." You bade no one a last farewell, nor even said "Good-bye." You were gone before we know it. and only God knows why. A million times I've needed you, a million times I cried. If love alone would save you, you never would have died. In life we loved you dearly, in death we love you still. In our hearts you hold a place, no one can ever fill. It broke my heart to lose you, but you didn't go alone. For a part of me went with you.