Shawn Benjamin Slater September 1, 1987 to September 12, 2005

I REMEMBER

By Berdie Slater

On this day we stopped to pray.

That’s how we began each day.

Hearing still your prayer so meek,

As you kissed me on the cheek.

I can still remember.......

For 10 years these

memories cling,

Your resonant voice when you would sing;

Your laughter and your quick arched brow,

Even how you’d ride a cow.

I can still remember.......

Your blondish hair and eyes of blue,

A striking personage in all you’d do;

Your prayers for the game that day,

Before the Lord called you away.

I can still remember.......

My hands entwined with your fingers cold,

Knowing God had called you to His fold.

A still and quiet time to cry,

We hadn’t time to say “Good-bye.”

Humbled, I remember.......

On your marker, I see your face,

Smiling, happy, like a warm embrace.

Knowing you’re with Jesus now,

Singing “Amazing Grace” as before Him bow.

Longing, I remember.......

Greater is the day of one’s death than the day of one’s birth.

Ecclesiastes 7:1a.

Remembering and Rejoicing for your Eternal Life.

Alan, Berdie, Laura, Eric and Stephanie Slater