Words and music are two things that have often been used to lift the human spirit. They also provide us a way to remember the people in our lives who we have loved and lost. The words and music contained on this page came from the Lady Jayes web site (unless otherwise noted when the song plays). You will find numerous links below and each will take you on a written or musical voyage. As you read the words or listen to the music remember your lost love and they will - for a brief moment in time - return to you.

But first this tribute ......... to some special people in my life ........ let me take you ......."Somewhere over The Rainbow"

Courtesy of You Tube

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Somewhere Over The Rainbow

This song is dedicated to all those I have lost in the last two years - My dear mate of 27 years and best friend Jack - Our wonder dog Dusky who was a sweet and gentle companion to Jack and me for more than 15 years - Our good friend Timmy who helped me take care of Jack when he was ill - And finally to my father a kind and gentle soul who I was lucky to have as part of my life for 57 years.

To all the following individuals who so gently touched my life in the years gone by. I recognize and pay tribute to what you have meant to me during this journey - My mother (Luciana), sisters (Cathy and Barbara) and friends, Judi, Sharon, Brenda, Pattie M, Patti B, Roy, Ray, David L, David C, Lanette, Penny & Marion, Paul & Steve, Paul & Jerry, Ron & Dave, Larry, Ann, Lorraine, Shep, Faye, Marty and all my special friends on the grief healing web site run by Marty and my friends at Hospice of the Valley.

To My Banana Bread Man's son Tom - Jack's finest creation.
To My Banana Bread Man's granddaughters Madison - Jack's personal ray of sunshine and Mia - who arrived after Papa Jack was gone.
They are shining examples of the qualities that Jack possessed - and this song is dedicated to you as well - for all you were to him and all the joy I had with you when Jack was alive. You carry his heritage with you. Love never dies - and neither does the special heritage you carry of My Banana Bread Man.


The song - "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" version by Israel Kamakawiwo Ole on You Tube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I


And Still another version of the same song "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" - this one by Eva Cassidy on You Tube.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccCnL8hArW8&feature=related

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Finding Joy


Simple Truths - Presents Finding Joy - An Inspirational Journey and thoughts on how to live life. Simple Secrets to a Happy Life by Max Anderson.


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Irish Blessing


If Jack were alive this Irish Blessing would have been his wish for his two granddaughters Madison and Mia.

An Irish Blessing by E-Water.net


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The Wind Beneath My Wing

The Song - "The Wind Beneath My Wing" by Bette Midler - performed by Glayds Knight & The Pips

“His noble face is more alive to me now than any of the faces of the living, and in his eyes I always see that light of transcendent wisdom and transcendent compassion that no power in heaven or earth can put out.” Sogyal Rinpoche


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2_e-mv3ifE

 
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Live A Life That Matters

In the message and words written author Michael Josephson tells us "What Will Matter" when all is said and done.

"What will matter is how long you'll be remembered, by whom and for what. Choose to live a life that matters." Michael Josephson

http://susie1114.com/LiveALife.html

In "The Propfet" - Kahlil Gibran - speaks to us on the subject of "Death"

http://www.ladyjayes.com/mourning.html



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Who I Am

Cheryl C. Helynch speaks to us in an essay called "Who I Am"

http://www.ladyjayes.com/IAM.html



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Some Wisdom For The Soul

An American Native Elder - provides "Some Wisdom for Your Soul"

http://www.ladyjayes.com/wisdom.html


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I Am Not Gone


“God gave us memories that we might have roses in December.” James M. Barrie


http://upchucky.com/worship/not-gone.html


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You Raise Me Up

At Jack's funeral on August 6, 2005, in a memorial chapel in Fountain Hills Arizona, he was memorialized as a good man who lived his life in the moment, who raised me up, and took my breath away.

The song - "You Raise Me Up" by Josh Groban was played prior to my eulogy to honor My Banana Bread Man.

‘‘Beauty that dies the soonest has the longest life. Because it cannot keep itself for a day, we keep it forever. Because it can have existence only in memory, we give it immortality there.” Bertha Damon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJxrX42WcjQ

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To Where You Are

The song - "To Where You Are" by Josh Groban.


“His noble face is more alive to me now than any of the faces of the living, and in his eyes I always see that light of transcendent wisdom and transcendent compassion that no power in heaven or earth can put out.” Sogyal Rinpoche



http://www.poofcat.com/whereur.html

Below is another version of the same song - on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uIQp9Dqcrw



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Somewhere Out There

The song - "Somewhere Out There" by Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram.

"Far away there in the sky are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and follow where they lead." Louise May Alcott

http://www.ladyjayes.com/somewhereoutthere.html


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The Twelfth of Never

This is a special song for me. When Jack was sick one of the five special musical disks he wanted to listen to was the one with all of Johnny Mathis's songs. I still recall the song "The Twelfth of Never" playing and sitting by his side singing the song to him and crying.

Below is the link to "The Twelfth of Never" by Johnny Mathis.

"Love is not only a union merely between two creatures, it is a union between two spirits." Fredrick W. Robertson

http://www.ladyjayes.com/twelfth.html


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Unchained Melody

The song - "Unchained Melody" by The Righteous Brothers.

"It's not my ear you whisper into, but my heart. It's not my lips that you kissed, but my soul." Anonymous


http://www.ladyjayes.com/unchainedmelody.html


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Immortality

The song - "Immortality" by Celine Dion - where she tells us "We don't say goodbye"

"The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected. Maybe they always have been and will be. Maybe we've lived a thousand lives before this one and each of them we've found each other." unknown

http://www.ladyjayes.com/immortality.html


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There You'll Be

The song - "There You'll Be" by Faith Hill.

"The opening of your heart never ceases. It comes in on the tide of breath, it goes out on the tide of breath. The whispering of a lover, a chant, a song, a prayer ... to your wholeness ... to the sacred awakening of the heart."
Marcetina Martin

http://www.ladyjayes.com/pearl.html


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My Time on Earth

The song - "My Time on Earth" By Billy Gilman.

I particularly like this song as it speaks to me about the quality as opposed to the longevity of a life and highlights the need to live our lives in the moment. It speaks to me of Jacks life - short but so sweetly lived in the moment.

Pay particular attention to the the one verse of the song that says

Its not the length of the life
Or the depth of the grave
In the end we'll be measured
By the love that we gave

"Our best chance of touching the eternal in our own small ways is to live the life we're given, savoring the now, deciding for the future, remembering always that the secret of the stars are folded tightly into the mysterious center of the present moment." Thomas Kinkade


http://www.ladyjayes.com/mytimeonearth.html


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The Rose

The song - "The Rose" by Bette Midler

"Perhaps love is that process of my leading you gently back to yourself" Antoine De Saint-Exupery


http://www.ladyjayes.com/therose.html


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I Believe

The song - "I Believe" by Diamond Rio.

"There are only two ways to live your life: One is though nothing is a miracle; the other is as though everything is a miracle." Albert Einstein


http://www.ladyjayes.com/ibelieve-dr.html


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Years

The song - "Years" by Barbara Mandrell.

"Love is like a violin, the music may stop now and then but the strings remain forever." Bacher


http://www.ladyjayes.com/years.html


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When You Come Back To Me Again

The Song - "When You Come Back To Me Again" by Garth Brooks

"Never are we nearer the Light than when the darkness is the deepest." Vive Kanando

http://www.ladyjayes.com/backtome.html


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My Heart Will Go On

The song - "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion.

"What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined ... to strengthen each other ... to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories." George Eliot

http://www.ladyjayes.com/heartgoon.html


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The Dance

The song - "The Dance" by Garth Brooks

"When you come right down to it, the secret of having it all is loving it all." Dr. Joyce Brothers

http://www.ladyjayes.com/thedance.html


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I Will Remember You

The song - "I Will Remember You" by Sarah Mclachlan

"Remembering is easy - it's the forgetting thats so hard." Anonymous

http://www.ladyjayes.com/iwillrememberyou.html


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Remember When

The song - "Remember When" by Alan Jackson.

"What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes part of us." Helen Keller

http://www.ladyjayes.com/rememberwhen.html


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Fields of Gold

The song - "Fields of Gold" by Eva Cassidy

"We write our own destiny ... we become what we do." Madame Chiang Kai-Shek


http://www.ladyjayes.com/gold.html


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A Wonderful World

The song - "A Wonderful World" by Eva Cassidy.

"With an eye made quite by the power of harmony and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things." William Wordsworth

http://www.ladyjayes.com/wonderfulworld.html


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Autumn Leaves

The song - "Autumn Leaves" by Eva Cassidy.

"I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love." Mother Teresa


http://www.ladyjayes.com/autumnleaves.html


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I Still Miss You

The Song - "I Still Miss You" by Keith Anderson.

"Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. let me learn from you, love you, savor you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it will not always be so. One day I shall dig my nails into the earth, or bury my face in the pillow, or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky, and want, more than all the world, your return." Mary Jean Irion

My Space Version:
http://www.myspace.com/keithanderson

YouTube Version: (abbreviated version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gynMRnn1RC4&feature=related


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Rainbow Bridge

The music - for "Rainbow Bridge" by Jim Warren

During the course of Jack's 10-month illness we had to face the loss of our
beloved companion Dusky who died just a few months after Jack's courageous
battle which brain cancer had begun. On the morning of December 6, 2004 I
was with Dusky as I gently released our dear four legged friend as he traveled
over the "Rainbow Bridge" - and out of my sight.

http://www.ladyjayes.com/rainbowbridge.html


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Touch The Wind

A beautiful English version of Touch the Wind - see lyrics below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oSfy34lJhE

I woke up this morning, 

And my mind fell away

And looking back sadly 

From tomorrow

The past softly say

Come back, Come back

Won't you stay?

Let You know I still care

And lost in the silence of

My sorrow

I put a promise in the wind, on the air

To fly away - to you there

Catch my love as it goes sailing

Touch the wind

And I'll be close to you

(Touch the wind) I'll be easy To find,

MM-MMM-MM-MMM

(Touch my love as it goes sailing)

On the wings of the morning I'll come sailing

(Touch the wind) I'll be easy to find,

Woo-Hoo

Ooh-Hoo

(And I'll be close to you)

And Baby, I'll be close to you

And only forever can I say - I Love You

And only forever have - I Lost You,

But only a dreamer could wake up as I do

And hope Its still yesterday

Touch the wind

Catch my love as it goes sailing 

Touch the wind

And I'll be close to you

(Touch the wind) I'll be easy to Find,

MM-MMM MM-MMM

(Touch my love as it goes sailing)

On the wings of the morning I'll come sailing

(Touch the wind)

 I'll be easy to find,