For Friend Elaine - who's saving us a BIG table....

 OK,...confession time.  I don't know how to do one of those snazzzzzy collage-y things with music...so if you'll just go along with me and click the play button, then scroll down through here, it will be sort of like reading a book along with your cassette player when you were a kid... :o)

 Elaine
August 26, 1960--January 29, 2013
She lived a wonderful dash

  

My feet are deep down in the sand
The waves are pouring life into my soul

It's clear to me from where I stand
There's nothing else I want in this old world

I'm not afraid of letting go
If today's my last day, you should know

That I've loved so many people
I've traveled this great world

I've spent time with Jesus
and I've held my little girl

I'm not holding back for next year
I'm living for today

When I take my final breath
I know I'm ready
 

Heaven waits for me

My husband is the strongest man
All our family and our friends make me smile

Yeah I've had my share of broken dreams
Sleepless nights and suffering
But all the while

That don't matter in the end

Cause I've loved so many people
And I've traveled this great world

 I've spent time with Jesus

And I've held my little girl
I'm not holding back for next year

I'm living for today
So when I take my final breath 

I know I'm ready

Heaven waits for me

Maybe I'll go quietly
in my sleep with you next to me

Maybe it's a slow good-bye
or I'm out of here in the blink of an eye

No matter how I leave this place
I know I'll see my Savior's face

With the ones I love right next to me
It's a beautiful thing, life's a beautiful thing

I've loved so many people
And I've traveled this great world

Yeah, I've spent time with Jesus
And I've held my little girl

 

I'm not holding back for next year
I'm living for today

So when I take my final breath
I'm not leaving with regrets

I know I'm ready
Heaven Waits for Me