Thursday, June 9, 2011

Angels Gone to Heaven

Gladys Irene Bryant
Born: 26-02-1918 Passed Away: 4-06-2011



Nana was a lady, full of poise, grace, compassion and love. Never a curse or careless word was spoken, a cigarette never lit, a drink never drunk.  There was always a beaming smile ready to greet you and a slight hint of disappointment when you were leaving. She was and always will be liked and loved by those who had the honour of knowing her.

She met the love of her life Leonard, for some, a lifetime ago. Married for 65 years, there was no disillusion as to the hard work that needs to go into a marriage, but for so many, Nana and Grandpa made it all look so easy. I cannot thank them enough for showing us what it is to truly love someone through the good and the bad times, for richer for poorer, in sickness and health. There has not been a more valuable and wonderful example of true love and commitment.

Nana loved her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren dearly and never failed to remind us on a daily basis of just how much. In fact, according to her there was no clear measurement, it was boundless, endless.

We could not have asked for a better cheerleader and believer. In each and everything we attempted or invested in, she was right there to offer her support and a big thumbs up.  There were and are no failures, the least we can do is try and try our best, that’s all she ever asked.

93 years is an amazing innings. Nana often felt the Lord was taking too long to reach her page and that she must have done something wrong to still be on this earth. We had to tell her so many times that the world is short of upstanding citizens and God wanted her here to show the way, to remind us of the characteristics that should be appreciated and cultivated.

Nana loved the simple things in life: a smile, a hearty joke, dessert, a cup of coffee, a warm summer day and an abundant, colourful garden. It is with this in mind that we chose the following poem to share with you:

God looked around his garden
And found an empty place,
He then looked down upon the earth
And saw your tired face.
He put his arms around you
And lifted you to rest.
God's garden must be beautiful
He always takes the best.

He knew that you were suffering
He knew you were in pain.
He knew that you would never
Get well on earth again.
He saw the road was getting rough
And the hills were hard to climb.
So he closed your weary eyelids
And whispered, 'Peace be Thine'.

It broke our hearts to lose you
But you didn't go alone,
For part of us went with you
The day God called you home.

Nana, you will be loved always and forever. It is with full hearts and fond memories that we say farewell, not goodbye. Merely, see you later Alligator, in a while Crocodile.

*I will miss you so much, you are and always will be my eternal sunshine*

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