Frederick George Collingwood (15 Oct 1937 - 11 Aug 2014)

He is Gone
you can shed tears that he has gone
or you can smile because he has lived

you can close your eyes and pray he'll come back
or you can open your eyes and see all that he has left you
your heart can be empty because you can't see him
or your heart can be full of the love you've shared

you can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday
or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday

you can remember him and only that he has gone
or you can cherish his memory and let it live on
you can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back
or you can do what he'd want
SMILE open your eyes, LOVE and go on
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A FATHER is a special gift
one you think will stay
you never think the time will come
when he is called away
but when the moment comes
and it's time to say goodbye
the pain just overwhelms you
and all we do is cry

you laughed with us in good times
and laughed with us in bad
you always went without for us
and gave us all you had
you taught us many things in life
that we would have to do
but DAD you never taught us how
to cope with losing YOU XXXX