If tomorrow starts without me,
\nAnd I’m not there to see,
\nIf the sun should rise and find your eyes
\nAll filled with tears for me;
\nI wish so much you wouldn’t cry
\nThe way you did today,
\nWhile thinking of the many things
\nWe didn’t get to say.<\/p>\n
I know how much you love me,
\nAs much as I love you,
\nAnd each time that you think of me,
\nI know you’ll miss me too.
\nBut if tomorrow starts without me,
\nPlease try to understand
\nThat an angel came and called my name,
\nAnd took me by the hand.
\nHe said my place was ready,
\nIn heaven far above,
\nAnd that I’d have to leave behind
\nAll those I dearly love.<\/p>\n
But as I turned to walk away,
\nA tear fell from my eye
\nFor all my life, I’d always thought,
\nI didn’t want to die. I had so much to live for,
\nSo much left yet to do.
\nIt seemed almost impossible,
\nThat I was leaving you.
\nI thought of all the yesterdays,
\nThe good ones and the bad,
\nI thought of all the love we shared,
\nAnd all the fun we had.<\/p>\n
If I could relive yesterday,
\nJust even for a while,
\nI’d say good-bye and kiss you
\nAnd maybe see you smile.
\nBut then I fully realized,
\nThat this could never be,
\nFor emptiness and memories,
\nWould take the place of me.<\/p>\n
And when I thought of worldly things,
\nI might miss come tomorrow,
\nI thought of you, and when I did,
\nMy heart was filled with sorrow.
\nBut when I walked through heaven’s gates,
\nI felt so much at home.
\nWhen God looked down and smiled at me,
\nFrom His great golden throne,<\/p>\n
He said, “This is eternity,
\nAnd all I’ve promised you
\nToday your life on earth is past,
\nBut here life starts anew.
\nI promise no tomorrow,
\nBut today will always last,
\nAnd since each day’s the same way
\nThere’s no longing for the past.
\nYou have been so faithful,
\nSo trusting and so true.
\nThough there were times
\nYou did some things
\nYou knew you shouldn’t do.
\nBut you have been forgiven
\nAnd now at last you’re free.
\nSo won’t you come and take my hand
\nAnd share my life with me?”<\/p>\n
So if tomorrow starts without me,
\nDon’t think we’re far apart.
\nFor every time you think of me,
\nI’m right here, in your heart.<\/p>\n
Dedicated to the memory of Terry Tabaldo
\nFriend, Father, Brother, Husband
\nSeptember 15, 1950 – April 18, 2002<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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