Seasons Greetings

Death is nothing at all.  I have only slipped away 
into the next room.

I am I, and you are you.  Whatever we were to each other, 
that we still are.

Call me by my old familiar name; 
speak to me in the easy way that you always used.  
Put no difference in your tone; 
wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.

Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes 
we enjoyed together.  Pray, smile, think of me, 
pray for me.

Let my name be ever the household word that it 
always was; let it be spoken without effect, 
without the trace of a shadow on it.

Life means all that it ever meant.  
It is the same as it ever was; 
there is unbroken continuity.

Why should I be out of mind because 
I am out of sight?

I am waiting for you, 
for an interval, somewhere very near, 
just around the corner.

All is well.


This is our first Christmas without our beloved 
Hershel Flowers.   He will always be with us 
in memory and in our hearts.  Our grief has been 
softened by the arrival of Hershel and Patsy's
third great-grandchild, Ashley Meredith Habash, 
born December 6 to their granddaughter Heidi 
and her husband Rob Habash.  
We rejoice with you all at this season of 
remembrance of the birth of Christ and wish you 
health and prosperity for the upcoming Millennium.

Patsy Flowers		
Bruce and Kaye Obermeyer
Heidi, Rob, and Ashley Habash		
Kevin, Angel, Josh, and Lauren Obermeyer