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Today was always your favourite day. A time we would spend together & share with our family.
But this 1st year without you...
I feel lost & alone. Everything seems pointless now that I'm all on my own.
The sorrow never disappears. The silent tears still flow. The pain is never far away.
You are always in my heart, I think of you each day.
I wish you could be here with me to hold me & make everything ok
You are the love of my life...
I'll always feel you close to me & I'll search for you among the stars that shine on Christmas night
I have lived with you and loved you, and now you are gone. Gone where I cannot follow, until I have finished all of my days.
I Miss You, I Miss You, I Miss You.
I cannot follow you, and you cannot return to me.
Our separation is excruciating.
I cannot imagine bearing it until I have finished all of my days.
But know this: When I have finished all of my days, it is my most sacred intention to find you again.
I will miss you until I have finished all of my days....
I was supposed to spend the rest of my life with you
And then I realized...
You spent the rest of your life with me
I smile because I know you loved me till the day you went away
And will keep loving me...
till the day we're together again
Remembering our special day 38 years ago
November 7th 1981...
Speak His Name
Someone I love has gone away
And life is not the same
The greatest gift that you can give
Is just to speak his name
I need to hear the stories
And the tales of days gone past
I need for you to understand
These memories have to last
We can't make any more memories
Since he is no longer here
So when you speak of him to me
It’s music to my ears.....
They say there is a reason
They say that time will heal
But neither time nor reason
will change the way I feel
For no-one knows the heartache
that lies behind my smile
No-one knows how many times
I have broken down and cried
I want to tell you something
so there won’t be any doubt
You’re so wonderful to think of
but so hard to be without
Clearly, we grieve the person we lost.
What many don’t understand
is that is only part of it.
We grieve all the important things
they have missed and will miss.
We grieve the future we were
suppose to have together.
And the list goes on…..
Grief
I’ve learned, is really just love.
It’s all the love you want to give, but cannot.
All of that unspent love gathers
in the corners of your eyes,
the lump in your throat
and the hallow part of your chest
Grief is just love
With no place to go…
As the days go by
My heart is filled with sorrow,
If we could share just one more day
If there was one more tomorrow
I’d hold you close within my arms
And never let you go,
I love and miss you so much
More than these words could ever show.
You were my world, my rock, my friend
A love so strong and true
I miss you so much darling
Forever, I’ll love you
This day was always special
As we gathered round you here
We’d sing and laugh and celebrate
Your day with so much cheer
I miss those special moments
That we shared throughout the years
It’s hard to find that on this day
My eyes now fill with tears
I’m trying hard to smile for you
But, ohhhh…. That empty chair…
I turn around and find myself
Still shocked that you’re not there
Please know I’m thinking of you
As I go throughout each day
This day is very special though
Because it’s your birthday
The irony of grief is that the person that you need to talk to about how you feel is the person who is no longer here...
Time passes, but not one day goes by that you are not here in my heart.
The day you died was not just a date on a calendar, it was the day when my very existence changed forever.”
Each day within me I fight a silent battle
Of surviving yet another day without you
Time doesn’t heal anything, it just
Teaches us how to live with the pain
It’s being without You that I’ll never get used to
As the world moved forward
I stood in great darkness
Frozen, broken and shattered into pieces
I knew it was real…
You were gone
Your death changed me
It took me with you
Butterfly Kisses
Don't cry for me please don't be sad
Hold on to the memories of the times we both had
Don't dwell on dark thoughts hold on tight to your wishes
Sending you hugs and butterfly kisses
I walk beside you I am there all day long
I am right here but you think I am gone
You don't see me but I can see you
What ever the problems I will help get you through
I am the wind in your hair the sand in your toes
Butterfly kisses that you feel on your nose
I am with you at sunrise and in sunset
But you can't see me is my one regret
I sit right beside you when you are sad
As you look through the photos of times we both had
I watch you sleeping I hold you so tight
Before I go I kiss you goodnight
I will watch over you from heaven above
Forever you will be my one true love
Hold on to your dreams and all your wishes
Sending you hugs and butterfly kisses.
By John F. Connor
Don’t ask me how I am doing.
Don’t ask if I’m ok
Don’t say they’re in a better place
As you won’t like what I say
NO… time is not a healer
And this was not God’s will
If he knew how much I've really lost
He would be right here still
I won’t try to be positive
And this wasn’t for the best
My hearts in broken pieces
And it hurts deep in my chest.
Don’t say, at least they’re out of pain
Well I’m not, and may never be.
Their pain is gone, but mine is still here
It’s been passed onto me.
Don’t tell me, you know how I feel
Even though, it may be true.
This Grief is mine,
for what length of time…
It takes me, to get through.
Today I wrote a note to a bereaved wife. I wanted to say, don’t believe all those sympathy cards. The ones that say “time heals” and “God only takes the best” and “may your sorrows be lessened.” You’ll only be disappointed. I wanted to say this is the most heart-wrenching, chest crushing, breath stealing tragedy on earth. I wanted to tell her that there will be days she wants to die, and friends who will not understand some of the things she does or says.
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I wanted to tell her she will still feel her husband's presence at times, sometimes so strongly that it is as if they are dancing just at the edge of whatever activity is going on. And other times she might not feel his presence at all.
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I wanted to tell her that her life will not go back, that she will never be the same, because a piece of her left with her husband. And that even though the pain does not go away, somehow her soul will eventually make enough room so she can hold it all– the grief, the pain, the joy and the love.
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I wanted to tell her… but I didn’t. Instead, I wrote this: I’m sending love, for words are pointless right now. And that is the truth.”
The moment that you left me, my heart split in two. One side filled with memories, the other side died with you. I often lay awake at night when the world is fast asleep and take a walk down memory lane with tears upon my cheek. Remembering you is easy, I do it everyday, but missing you is a heartache that never goes away. I hold you tightly within my heart and there you will forever remain. You see life has gone on, but without you I will never be the same.
As the days go by
My heart is filled with sorrow.
If we could share just one more day
If there was one more tomorrow.
I'd hold you close within my arms
And never let you go.
I love and miss you so much
More than these words could ever show.
You were my world, my rock, my friend.
Forever, I'll love you
I will always Love You
I did not know that the last time I saw you would be the last time I would see you.
If I had known it,
I would have hugged you longer & a little tighter, said I loved you louder, told you over and over again how much having you in my life meant to me.
My mind knows you are gone, but my heart will never accept it.
I miss you so much….
Grief is the last act of love we can give to those we loved.
Where there is deep grief there was great love.
Grief is a sacred rite of passage and should be respected as such.
It is a hero’s journey, filled with deep dark sorrow, messy twists & turns, courageous battles, love, joy and unexpected surprises.
Through the darkness of grief we see the light of love which transcends death and with all of the pain that grief brings it can also bring us gratitude for the gift of time we had with our loved ones, the amount which will always be too short and for the pain which we would endure again & again because that pain is the result of loving someone so much that it hurts to let their physical presence go.
When we really take in this profound truth that grief is an act of love it is much easier to be gentler with ourselves & others who are going through it.
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