Ace Memorial Cards

I am home in Heaven, dear ones; Oh, so happy and so bright! There is perfect joy and beauty, In this everlasting light. All the pain and grief is over, Every restless tossing passed; I am now at peace forever, Safely home in Heaven at last.

Two tired eyes are sleeping, Two willing hands are still, The one who worked so hard for us, Is resting at God’s will. Our family chain is broken, Nothing seem’s the same, But as God calls us one by one, The links shall join again. We often sit and think of you, And think of how you died, To think you could not say goodbye, Before you closed your eyes. Now our hearts are broken, Never repaired again, For the day we meet in Heaven, We will all be back together again.

Dad you weren’t just a Dad to me, you were also a good friend. Someone who meant so much to me who can’t be replaced ever again. I’ll cry but I’ll also laugh at the memories I will hold. I will never let them go. When I have babies I know they’ll love you so much, they’ll look up to the heavens and say Grandad, can you see us? When it is my time to go wait for me at heavens door. Come out and greet me, and we will be together forever more.

I’d like the memory of me to be a happy one. I’d like to leave an after-glow of smiles when life is done. I’d like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways, Of happy times and laughing times and bright and sunny days. I’d like the tears of those who grieve to dry before the sun, Of happy memories that I leave when life is done.

Don’t remember me with sadness, Don’t remember me with tears, Remember all the laughter, We’ve had throughout the years. Then when the summer sunshine, Awakes the flowers in bloom, I’ll walk that light from Heaven, Around the corners of every room. Do the things we did before, The same in every way, Just whisper a little prayer to me, At the dawn of every day. Just think of me as present, Don’t think of me as past, Forget your troubles and your worries, They’re mine forever more. I’ll watch and care and love you, From Heaven’s open door.

We hold you close within our hearts, And there you shall remain, To walk with us throughout our lives, Until we meet again. So rest in peace dear loved one, And thanks for all you’ve done, We pray that God has given you, The crown you’ve truly won.

There is no night without a dawning, No Winter without a Spring, And beyond death’s dark horizon, Our hearts once more will sing. For those who leave us for a while, Have only gone away, Out of a restless careworn world, Into a “Brighter Day”.

I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by, And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking, And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking. I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied; And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying, And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying. I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life, To the gull’s way and the whale’s way, where the wind’s like a whetted knife; And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover, And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.

That beautiful face and crown of red hair, Those big strong hands always there, That zest for life and all things fun, What a wonderful wife, granny and mum. You loved to drive and dance and sing, Look on the bright side that was your thing, A proud Irish woman who loved Galway and Clare, Your love and devotion in people is rare. Life threw you sadness loss and grief, But you only stopped for a while to weep, Then carry on with a heavy heart and light step, No mountain too high or hill too steep. With freckles and red hair on a small little girl, You certainly knew how to handle a hurl, A lovely voice and singer of songs, You were without doubt our special Galway Girl.

Gone from our home that smiling face,
The cheerful happy ways,
The heart that won so many friends,
In bygone happy days.

Lonely is the home without you,
Life to us is not the same,
All the world would be like Heaven,
If we could have you back again.

In dreams we see her smiling face,
And kiss her tender brow,
But in our aching hearts we know,
We have no mother now.