Rose M. Kuhns

In loving memory of Rose M. Kuhns

December 9, 1912 - December 25, 2005

I am standing upon 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 sea 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.

...Her diminishing 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!"

A Parable of ImmortalityHenry Van DykeRemembering you, Mother, especially today and loving you always.