Afterglow

I'd like the memory of me to be a happy one.

I'd like to leave an afterglow

of smiles when life is done.

I'd like to leave an echo

whispering softly down the ways;

Of happy times and laughing times

and bright and sunny days,

I'd like the tears of those who grieve

to dry before the sun,

Of happy memories that I leave 

when life is done.

Please keep the family in your thoughts and prayers