To the Living
I am Gone
To the Sorrowful
I’ll never return
To the Angry
I was cheated
To the Faithful
I’ve never left
I can’t be seen
but I can still hear
I can’t speak
but I can still listen
so the next time you stand on a shore gazing at a beautiful sea
or look upon flowers to admire their simplicity
R E M E M B E R M E
in your heart
of the times we fought
the times we cried
the times we laughed
the times we loved
Because if you always think of me
I WILL HAVE NEVER GONE
When do words become more than words?
. . .when they become
a c t i o n s
DAVE & BUSTERS
in Westlake, Ohio
did just that
a couple of weeks ago.
Two of their employees have recently died.
T H E Y
sent condolences.
T H E Y
sent flowers.
T H E Y
bought two benches
with the individuals names and very special sentiments on them
and put them in a very nice garden area right in front of their entrance
T H E Y
invited the members of their families
and their employees to come to
A Celebration Service
in their honors
before work
to REMEMBER
“Anytime we come together to remember, it’s never long enough. . . “
I began
“It could be around a holiday table
It could be outback at a family reunion
It could be on a sunny morning before work, like this
but anytime we come together to remember–
it’s never long enough. . . .”
“. . .but you haven’t come here to remember, have you?
You’ve come here to be powerfully reminded that you haven’t come here to begin
only continue the celebrations of these two lives
in your lives
for the rest of your lives. . . .”
and then I asked one of the most powerful
ever hard to answer question
that could ever be asked at
any Celebration service:
“WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE STORY?”
And then the stories of these two lives,
i n t e r m i n g l i n g l y
and were told
RE-MEMBERED
Put back together again
one after another
intermixed with tears
and laughter
and smiles
I reminded them:
“IT’S NOT ONE THING”
. . .that the cliche
A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS
is a l i e
a million, maybe, but not a mere 1000.
I reminded them:
“BUT YOU DON’T NEED A PHOTOGRAPH, DO YOU ?
I just need to say their names. . .
and it’s not a moment
it’s not a memory
it’s not an event
or an occasion
it’s a cascade of all of those things
water falling down over them
shouting for their attention.
DAVE & BUSTER’S
made sure
to show these families and friends
that the only thing more powerful than memories
is the love that makes them
everything they were
everything they are
everything they will forever be
by bringing people together
and making ongoing
new memories
in the names
of those
we came
to celebrate. . .
and what better way to do that?
What Else?
A BRUNCH!
DAVE & BUSTER’S
are Caring Catalyst’s
Who Cares
What Matters
by showing as long as we think of
T H E M
T H E Y
are never gone
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