The Cycle

A moment of a silence, please, for the woman who taught me everything I know about getting what I want.

As the Heart Remembers Spring
by Betty W. Stoffel

Some will be remembered
For the fortunes of their fame.
And some will be remembered
For the naming of a name,
But you will be remembered
As the heart remembers spring,
As the mind remembers beauty,
And the soul each lovely thing.
You have been skies of April,
And fragrant breath of May.
And like the season’s coming,
Warm-spirited and gay.
You have given freely
Of the beauty of your heart,
And you have made of friendship
Not a gesture, but an art.
You have been as selfless
In the gracious things you do
As the sun that shares its kisses
As the night that shares its dew.
You have planted roses
In the lives that lay so bare,
You have sown encouragement
To those who knew despair.
By your spirits’ inner beauty
In every lovely thing,
You will be remembered
As the heart remembers spring