Robert Bugg

IT HAS BEEN A YEAR NOW, SEEMS AS ONLY YESTERDAY I SAW YOU WITH YOUR PASTOR IN THE SPECIAL BEDROOM. I KNOW IT HAS BEEN HARD THIS PAST YEAR, AND I HAVE BEEN KEEPING UP WITH YOU THROUGH MRS. MCCOLLUM AND FAMILY. I HAVE YOU ON MY PRAYER LIST BECAUSE I KNOW AFTER SEEING A MOTHER AND FATHER WITHIN TWO YEARS BURY TWO CHILDREN AND SEEING WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH IN LIFE, IT WAS HARD ON THEM AND NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT I HAVE CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN AND I KNOW THAT IS ONE THING THAT WOULD BE THE...

GONE FROM MY SIGHT
BY HENRY VAN DYKE

I AM STANDING UPON THE SEASHORE.
A SHIP AT MY SIDE SPEADS HER WHITE
SAILS TO THE MORNING BREEZE AND STARTS FOR THE BLUE OCEAN.
SHE IS AN OBJECT OF BEAUTY AND STRENGTH. I STAND AND WATCH HER UNTIL AT LENGTH SHE HANGS LIKE A SPECK OF WHITE CLOUD JUST WHERE THE SEA AND SKY COME TO MINGLE WITH EACH OTHER.
THEN, SOMEONE AT MY SIDE SAYS;
"THERE, SHE IS GONES!"
"GONE WHERE?"
GONE FROM MY...