Big Brothers Big Sisters of Prince Edward Island is honored to receive In Memoriam donations that celebrate the legacy and lives of Islanders. We gratefully acknowledge the financial contribution of friends and family members of loved ones who have been a part of our mentoring community.
In Memoriam Donations have been made in memory of:
Shane Arsenault
Mrs. C. Brennan
Bob Broderick
Barry Curley
Sister Mary DeCourcey
Chester Donovan
Pauline Donovan
Harry Burke
Heather Gillis
Arthur Hewitt
Anna Howard
Elizabeth Peardon-Soloman
Marion Pike
Duane Pound
Michael Schurman
Lynne Sherren
Sandra Simpson
Lloyd Trenholm
Dora Vloet
Eugene Vloet
Peter Vloet
Rodney Walsh
Lila J. Willis
Gone From My Sight… by Henry Van Dyke
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…
If you would like to talk to us about making a donation in memory of someone you love, please contact us at 902-569-5437 or email info@bbbspei.ca .
