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When Tomorrow Starts Without Me
When tomorrow starts without me, and I'm not there to see,
If the sun should rise and find your eyes all filled with tears for me,
I wish so much you wouldn't cry the way you did today.
While thinking of the many things, we didn't get to say.
I know how much you love me, as much as I love you,
and each time you think of me I know you'll miss me too;
But when tomorrow starts without me, please try to understand,
that an angel came and called my name and took me by the hand
and said my place was ready in heaven far above
and that I would have to leave behind all those I dearly love.
But as I turned to walk away,
A tear fell from my eye,
For all my life, I'd always thought,
I didn't want to die.
I had so much to live for,
So much left yet to do.
Yet, as I walked through heaven's gates, I felt so much at home.
When God looked down and smiled at me, from his great golden throne,
He said "This is eternity, and all I've promised you."
Today my life on Earth is past but here it starts anew.
I promise no tomorrow but today will always last,
and since each day is the same day there's no longing for the past.
So won't you take my hand, and share my life with me?
When tomorrow starts without me don't think we're far apart,
for everytime you think of me, I'm right here, in your heart.
-- Author Unknown
In Memory of
Amanda Patricia Hale
Born : April 25, 1981
Died: September 21, 2001
The Cross In The Distance
I sat down on my bed one day
And looked out on the hill
A cross out in the distance said
"The Lord is near, be still."
My thoughts wandered back upon that week
And the things that had happened
I had worried a lot about myself
And not the things that mattered.
I prayed "Lord, forgive me
For I know not what I do
Please show me to see the way
And Help me this week through."
The cross in the distance
Was placed there for me
The cross in the distance
Is there for all to see.
Amanda Hale
September, 1993
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In Memoriam
Printed in the Courier Press Newspaper September 26, 2001
Amanda Patricia Hale
Amanda Patricia Hale age 20 of RR#5 Wallaceburg, passed away on Friday September 21, 2001 at University Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan as a result of an accident. She was born in Baie Vert, Newfoundland. She was a sophomore at the Spring Arbor University, majoring in music/education. She loved music and enjoyed playing the trumpet & piano. Amanda placed her faith in the Lord and was a great encouragement to other people. Surviving loving parents Irving & Glenda (England) Hale; grandparents: John & Melita Hale of Newfoundland, Marjorie & Ralph Coombs of Newfoundland; Aunts & Uncles: Golda & Wayne Kirby of Newfoundland, Kerry & Vi Hale of Bowmanville, Betty Hart of Newfoundland. She is predeceased by grandfather Jackson England. Visitors will be received at the Thomas L. DeBurger Funeral Home, 620 Cross Street, Dresden on Monday and Tuesday, 2-4 & 7-9p.m. The funeral service will conducted from the Dresden Community Church, 21 Hwy on Wednesday, September 26 at 1 p.m. with Chaplain Ron Kopicko and Bishop Keith Elford officiating. Interment in Dresden Cemetery.
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University Mourns Loss Of Student
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SEPTEMBER 21, 2001
T'was the first day of Autumn
In the year Twenty-Oh-One,
That the Lord said to Amanda:
"Your training is completely done!"
And He whisked her off to glory -
No more school and no more pain.
All her prep had been concluded,
It's what Paul spoke of as "gain."
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Yes, Amanda had great promise -
So well gifted and so bright!
But her future she had trusted
To the God who does what's right.
Her deep faith gave her such radiance
She would often light a room
Just by entering and speaking.
And her music dispelled gloom.
Now she's lighting up God's heaven
With the glory of her Lord.
While her loved ones are heartbroken
Feeling torn as by a sword.
There's no answer to the question,
"Why was she allowed to die?"
All we know is, she's rejoicing
Even while we mourn and cry.
It's our yearning and our prayer,
He who prized Amanda's praise
Will draw near with his own comfort
For her parents these dark days.
May he grant to Irv and Glenda
Extraordinary insight now
To envision how in wisdom
God will bring forth good somehow.
Sent with our deepest sympathy and love,
Jeannette and Alan Adams
Frankford, Ontario
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My Big Sister Amanda
Faces, faces in a blur,
But one sticks out, and it is her,
Taking away that beautiful face,
Leaving only memories, in her place,
She was great and this I know,
I miss her alot and I love her so!
forever loved by
Jessica Smith
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A butterfly lights beside
us like a sunbeam,
and for a brief moment,
it's glory and beauty
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belongs to our world.
But then it flies on again,
and though we wish it could have stayed,
we feel so lucky to have seen it.
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Amanda Hale Memorial Endowed Scholarship.
This is a special memorial set up with Spring Arbor University and its Music Department.
Correspondence should be sent to:
Spring Arbor University: Amanda Hale Memorial Endowed Scholarship
106 Main Street
Spring Arbor, Michigan
49283
Attention: Advancement Office
The University has requested that "Amanda Hale Memorial Endowed Scholarship" be written on cheques.
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On September 21st 2001 Glenda and I loss our only daughter in a car crash in Spring Arbor, Michigan, where she was struck by an impaired driver.
We have had to deal with many issues and questions.
Click Here to read a “Letter To God” which was composed for Sunday December 23rd 2001 as a meditation following our cantata. I pray it may bring some encouragement for you.
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