Been meaning to post these words for a while...

... as Ian said just before he read them out at Ella's celebration - "this might take a while, so you might want to get a cup of tea and a biscuit"... but they work....

Still 

Listen.  There is this silence now.  This stillness.

Gradually we will get used to it.  But, for now,

It is strange.  You have left such a gap.

Our world is in shock, holding its breath

But listen closer – all your laughter, all your love

is still ringing out.  Still holding us.

All our memories of you are still with us.

All the love we shared is still in every one of us.

And although we ache from this loss of you,

you will always be here – as still and steady,

and fierce, as any star.

Look.  You are shining

bright through all our skies.

Thank you

for being here with us.

Char March