Please don't be afraid. Yes life is different now but remember when it was beautiful?

Well it will be again, though not the same

The wounds will heal, your tears will dry and though scars remain

I know you are strong enough to live through the pain.

Do not grieve and linger in the shadows of graves.

Go out into the sunshine and tell everyone that I was here.

Let our enemy know that when we were together

we lived and worked and loved. And though I am gone,

you will carry on for me because you must.

Tell my family how much I loved them and still do. Remember the

good we shared, the life we created and walk forward with noble dreams.

God can't fill a shattered heart or a clenched fist.

Let fear die and let love flow again like a river.

So as the smoke rises high above the ash, gather all your strength

and rebuild something new, something better.

It's not impossible. It's essential. It's what I would do for you.

Just one last thing, surely you must know, I never wanted to leave you.

I was captured by fate, escorted by angels.

And though you might feel alone, you are not and neither am I.