In Loving Memory of Laura

In Loving Memory Of
Laura McKinley
2nd September 1988 - 17th September 2008

If Tears Could Build a Stairway

If tears could build a stairway

and memories were a lane
We would walk right up to heaven
And bring you back again.
No farewell words were spoken
No time to say goodbye
You were gone before we knew it
And only God knows why
Our hearts still ache in sadness
and secret tears still flow
What it meant to lose you
No one will ever know
But now we know you want us
To mourn for you no more
To remember all the happy times
Life still has much in store
Since you'll never be forgotten
We pledge to you today
A cherished place within our heart
Is where you'll always stay

To think I was only talking to you yesturday - I have so many questions that I will not have answers for - and though I only knew you for a short while I had started to call you my friend...my mind is racing with some many thoughts and things I havent had to expereince for a while....but I know I will get through this as will everyone else who knows and loves you. I never got the chance to meet you in person, but in my heart and mind we had...because its not how you meet a friend, its the fact that you have made a friend somehow through some means...

Watch over your two baby girls - I know they will miss you dearly, but will forever have a guardian Angel by them everyday second of the day. Look after Mine and Cheryl's babies....I know they will be happy to see their Aunty and a familiar face as you walk through the gates.

Aroha Nui Laura....

May you rest in peace...

May the road rise to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face.
May the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again,
May the Lord hold you in the palm of His hand.
Irish Blessing