Farewell Savannah

This sweet girl has been under the loving care of my sister. She was a little ray of sunshine to the world around her, despite her many physical challenges. She passed away a few days ago and will be missed by all who cared for her and loved her.

Death has a way of bringing perspective to life, and appreciation for God and His plan. This is a poem by Hnery Van Dyke called "Gone from my sight" which comes to mind and shares my feelings of her passing:

I am standing by the seashore.

A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze

and starts for the blue ocean.

She is an object of beauty and strength,

and I stand and watch

until at last she hangs like a speck of white cloud

just where the sun and sky come down to mingle with each other.

Then someone at my side says, ‘There she goes!

Gone where? Gone from my sight – that is all.

She is just as large in mast and hull and spar

as she was when she left my side

and just as able to bear her load of living freight

to the places of destination.

Her diminished size is in me, not in her.

And just at the moment when someone at my side says,

‘There she goes! ‘ ,

there are other eyes watching her coming,

and other voices ready to take up the glad shout :

‘Here she comes!’