Helen Pickens Murphy
Residing In: | Burns, TN USA |
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Spouse/Partner: | Maurice Patrick Timothy Murphy, Jr (from Minnesota) |
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Occupation: | Registered Nurse, Vanderbilt University Med Center |
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Children: | Abigail, born 1988; Matthew born 1989, Elizabeth born 1991. |
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Military Service: | United States Army Nurse Corps |
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Dianna was one of my sweetest, lifelong friends. She maintained such a positive attitude despite the hurdles that she faced during her short life. The joys of her life was her sons, may each of us shower them with prayers as they nagivate life without their Mother.... Embrace friendships everyone.
This poem makes me envision the great Homecomeing that she had when she took her last breath in her earthly body:
Gone From My Sight
I am standing upon the seashore. A ship, at my side,
spreads her white sails to the moving breeze and starts
for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength.
I stand and watch her until, at length, she hangs like a speck
of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.
Then, someone at my side says, "There, she is gone."
Gone where?
Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast,
hull and spar as she was when she left my side.
And, she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port.
Her diminished size is in me -- not in her.
And, just at the moment when someone says, "There, she is gone,"
there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices
ready to take up the glad shout, "Here she comes!"
And that is dying...
by Henry Jackson Van Dyke
Warmly, Helen Pickens Murphy
These are stunning images Jennifer! Happy New Year to you and your family!