25 Years Without You Here

Sherri Thornhill
What seems like yesterday
is 25 years
25 years without you here

Cancer took you
from all of us
25 years without you here

The advice you gave me
I tried to follow
25 years without you here

Life has gone on
for 25 years
25 years without you here

But your memory
will never die
25 years without you here

We all love and miss you
Aunt Janice
25 years without you here

**On January 31, 1985 my beautiful, headstrong, tough, fierce, wonderful Aunt Janice lost her battle with breast cancer..but her legacy lives on in our family.**

Source: Original poem by Sherri Thornhill (written on Jan. 20, 2010)

Published by Sherri Thornhill

I am a retired Police Officer and a professional freelance writer. I enjoy writing about a variety of topics. In addition to Yahoo Voices, I write for Examiner.com as the National Generation X Examiner, the...  View profile

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  • T. H. Pankey2/26/2010

    Whenever I hear someone longing for someone who has fallen in death, I can't help but stop and tell or remind them what the Bible (the only book that has THE answers) says at John 5:28, 29. Take heart! In the future, there will be a resurrection!!!

  • Dan Reveal2/14/2010

    A great tribute, Sherri!

  • Charlotte Kuchinsky2/12/2010

    Amazing tribute!

  • Lisa Mason2/4/2010

    Beautiful tribute and I can fully relate to your experience. You keep her alive forever in your memories!

  • Bobbi Leder2/3/2010

    What a beautiful tribute.

  • Greg Seltz2/2/2010

    Very sorry to hear this....good tribute though...

  • Heather Inks2/1/2010

    Beautiful tribute for your Aunt. God bless.

  • Karen Zakavec1/31/2010

    Lovely tribute! Sounds like you had a wonderful aunt and you have memories that you can always cherish.

  • John Myers1/31/2010

    Absolutely beautiful and touching! Nice job on this buddy!

  • Belinda Saulters1/31/2010

    A VERY STRONG POEM WRITTEN FOR A VERY STRONG WOMAN. I WISH I COULD OF MET MY MOTHERIN -LAW BUT MOST OF ALL I WISH MY CHILDREN COULD HAVE JUST ONE DAY WITH THEIR DADDY'S MOM, THEIR GRANDMA, JANICE E. SAULTERS. THANK YOU JANICE (BUTCHIE) FOR LIVING IN MY CHILDREN EVERY SINGLE DAY.

    ALWAYS LOVE & TOGETHER FOREVER

    BELINDA SAULTERS

    LOVE

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