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I'm sorry to hear of your loss, someone close to me died new years day years ago, the season makes it even harder. All I have to offer is a poem I wrote for a good friend who died. I read it at her eulogy, I hope it helps you... Goodbye? How do I say goodbye pay my respects to someone as special as you? I would fly the sun at half-mast stop the world for a moment of silence if only I were only able but if I had that kind of power I would surely use it to bring you back all I have to offer are mere words rewritten, read repeatedly through a veil of tears knowing your sparkling eyes will never read them your sympathetic ears will never hear them in our modern, hectic lives we all make excuses for having said, done the wrong things then use that fear to justify not even trying the real tragedy becomes what I should have said these past few days numbed with shock I have sifted through my memories searching frantically, fruitlessly for an occasion where I thanked you for your countless kind and thoughtful acts having found none I hope and pray you are listening now... you have been a true friend I have had Parkinson's disease for all the years we've known each other yet, never for the briefest instant has that ever phased you your friendship has helped me overcome my often paralyzing fear of going out you were always there to talk and listen caring and sharing your smiles and laughter helping to create the good times and making the bad ones more bearable your death has left a hole in my life that time will never heal but has taught me a bitter lesson I vow, from this point on I will tell those important to me how I feel while I can for now, I will offer whatever consolation I can to your husband, family your many good friends I know our loss is heaven's gain but I am still unable, unwilling to say goodbye so I won't for I will see you each night in the stars feel your spirit in the wind on my face and you will live on in my memory until that day when we meet again Bill Harrington