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I got this from my SIL. Thought some might like it.

> IF TOMORROW STARTS WITHOUT ME
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> A few weeks ago a woman was killed in an auto accident. She was very
> well liked, so the office shut down for her funeral and it was on the
> news and so on. On the day the workers came back to work, they found
> this poem in their e-mail that the deceased woman had sent on Friday
> before she left for home.
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> If tomorrow starts without me,
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> And I'm not there to see,
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> If the sun should rise and find your eyes
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> All filled with tears for me;
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> I wish so much you wouldn't cry
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> The way you did today,
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> While thinking of the many things,
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> We didn't get to say.
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> I know how much you love me,
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> As much as I love you,
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> And each time that you think of me,
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> I know you'll miss me too.
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> But when tomorrow starts without me,
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> Please try to understand,
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> That an angel came and called my name,
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> And took me by the hand,
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> And said my place was ready,
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> In heaven far above,
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> And that I'd have to leave behind
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> All those I dearly love.
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> But as I turned to walk away,
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> A tear fell from my eye,
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> For all my life, I'd always thought,
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> I didn't want to die.
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> I had so much to live for,
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> So much left yet to do,
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> It seemed almost impossible,
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> That I was leaving you.
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> I thought of all the yesterdays,
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> The good ones and the bad,
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> I thought of all that we shared,
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> And all the fun we had.
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> If I could relive yesterday,
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> Just even for a while,
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> I'd say good-bye and kiss you
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> And maybe see you smile.
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> But then I fully realized,
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> That this could never be,
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> For emptiness and memories,
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> Would take the place of me.
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> And when I thought of worldly things,
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> I might miss some tomorrow,
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> I thought of you, and when I did,
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> My heart was filled with sorrow.
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> But when I walked through heaven's gates,
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> I felt so much at home.
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> When God looked down and smiled at me,
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> From His great golden throne,
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> He said, 'This is eternity,
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> And all I've promised you.'
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> Today your life on earth is past,
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> But here life starts anew.
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> I promise no tomorrow,
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> But today will always last,
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> And since each day is the same way,
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> There's no longing for the past.
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> So when tomorrow starts without me,
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> Don't think we're far apart,
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> For every time you think of me,
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> I'm right here, in your heart.
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> Send this to all those you care about. And back to the one who
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> sent it because you never know what's going to happen tomorrow...
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> Show them how you care, before it's too late... May God watch
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> over you and your family now and always. There is no right time
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> to do the wrong thing....There is no wrong time to tell someone you
> care.
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> GOOD FRIENDS ARE LIKE ANGELS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEE THEM TO KNOW THEY
> ARE THERE.