{"id":21,"date":"2021-08-31T05:52:41","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T05:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.virginiabcrawford.com\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2021-09-01T01:02:17","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T01:02:17","slug":"dedications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.virginiabcrawford.com\/?page_id=21","title":{"rendered":"Tributes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">When Tomorrow Starts Without Me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.virginiabcrawford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/mom-5a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.virginiabcrawford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/mom-5a.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.virginiabcrawford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/mom-5a-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">When tomorrow starts without me and I\u2019m not there to see\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">If the sun should rise and find your eyes filled with tears for me\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I wish so much you wouldn\u2019t cry the way you did today\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">While thinking of the many things we didn\u2019t get to say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I know how much you love me as much as I love you\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">And each time you think of me, I know you\u2019ll miss me too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">But when tomorrow starts without me please try to understand<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">That Jesus came and called my name and took me by the hand,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">And said my place was ready in heaven far above\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">And that I\u2019d had to leave behind all these I dearly love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">So when tomorrow starts without me, don\u2019t think we are far apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">For every time you think of me, I\u2019m right here in your heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><em><strong>LaRosalind\u2019s Spiritual\u00a0 Dedication<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(written by David Ramon)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"102\" src=\"https:\/\/www.virginiabcrawford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/level-divider-1024x102.png\" alt=\"roses divider\" class=\"wp-image-162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.virginiabcrawford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/level-divider-1024x102.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.virginiabcrawford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/level-divider-300x30.png 300w, https:\/\/www.virginiabcrawford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/level-divider-768x77.png 768w, https:\/\/www.virginiabcrawford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/level-divider.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Rose for Rent &#8211; Yet Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The rose was given that you might have a good day, today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">A Rose for rent, yet free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I don&#8217;t understand you see?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, the rose is for you to enjoy, No requirement, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">payments, no obligations you see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, ,how can a person really be free in the pressured life-oh me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Take the rose enjoy it friend, It&#8217;s for all the world to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Better yet, take the rose-enjoy it for an hour or two, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">three or four, or a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Then give it away you see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, it&#8217;s in the giving and sharing.  That&#8217;s when we break the <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">pressure, restore our calm and go our way with a <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">measure of happiness for a moment, for an hour or two <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">or a day or so.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;ll feel so good, you see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, my friend, take the rose, it&#8217;s given just for your today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Take the rose, keep it for an hour or two, a day or two, a day or <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">so, then pass it on to someone else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, even to a stranger you may see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s in the giving, and sharing without obligation that the rent on <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">the rose is paid,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">and that&#8217;s how we get set free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><em><strong>Dasie Richmond&#8217;s Dedication<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(written by M. Wallace Charles)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"102\" src=\"https:\/\/www.virginiabcrawford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/level-divider-1024x102.png\" alt=\"roses divider\" class=\"wp-image-162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.virginiabcrawford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/level-divider-1024x102.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.virginiabcrawford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/level-divider-300x30.png 300w, https:\/\/www.virginiabcrawford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/level-divider-768x77.png 768w, https:\/\/www.virginiabcrawford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/level-divider.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">To Those I Love and Those Who Love Me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">When I am gone release me and let me go,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I have so many things to see and do<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">You must not tie yourself to me with tears,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Just be happy that we had so many years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I gave you my love, you can only guess<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">How much you gave me in happiness,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I thank you for the love you each have shown,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">But now it\u2019s time I travel alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">So grieve a while for me, if grieve you must,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Then let your grief be comforted by trust,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s only for a while that we must part,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">So bless the memories within your heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I won\u2019t be far away, for life goes on,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">So if you need me, call and I will come,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Though you can\u2019t see or touch me, I\u2019ll be near<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">And if you listen with your heart, you\u2019ll hear<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">All of thy love around you, soft and clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">And then, when you must come this way alone,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ll greet you with a smile, and a \u201cWelcome Home\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><em><strong>Love Always &#8211; Oscina<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Tomorrow Starts Without Me When tomorrow starts without me and I\u2019m not there to see\u2026 If the sun should rise and find your eyes filled with tears for me\u2026 I wish so much you wouldn\u2019t cry the way you did today\u2026 While thinking of the many things we didn\u2019t get to say. I know how much you love me as much as I love you\u2026 And each time you think of me, I know you\u2019ll miss me too. 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