Dorothy Redfield, 1910 - 2005

Submitted by Reverend Darkness on February 20, 2005 - 8:12pm

Grandma passed on today... Too worked up to do anything but quote this:

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As I stand on a mountain top, as the great bird approaches, she is small in my sight but grows larger on approach until I am blessed with the full sight of her graceful wings, proud countenance and good company.

All too quickly, she grows small again on the horizon and disappears from view, and I call out, "There, she’s gone."

But there are other mountain tops, beyond me, and at the precise moment when I note the great bird’s departure from my view, I know there are new eyes, taking up the sight of her, and fresh voices calling out, "Here she comes."
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Submitted by Jon on February 23, 2005 - 5:26pm.

That is a wonderful quote. Where is it from?

Submitted by alli on February 23, 2005 - 10:14pm.

you're right about it - it is a wonderful tribute to those who've sadly left our lives. it's from a tv show "Crossing Jordan", taken from A Parable of Immortality, by Henry Van Dyke. (original poem is about a ship, but it was changed a bit & used on the show as a eulogy.)

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Submitted by shiftkey on March 9, 2005 - 1:35am.

Did you write that? Its very good.