{"product_id":"sympathy-card-living-memories-poem-woodland-fallen-trees","title":"Sympathy Card - Living Memories poem","description":"\u003cp\u003eComing to terms with the loss of a loved one is a mix of their physical absence but their ongoing emotional presence in your life. Thinking about the legacy of a family friend inspired this poem, which has been read for a funeral. More on the inspiration is at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/grain-of-sand-store.myshopify.com\/blogs\/deeper-currents-in-the-day-to-day\/living-memories-memorial-funeral-woodland-poem\" title=\"Poem about loss. Love stays part of us like fallen trees in a wood.\"\u003eLiving Memories blog\u003c\/a\u003e. The image includes a robin as a reference to the old British saying 'when a robin appears, a loved one is near'. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe text on the front reads:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLiving with the Memories\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Throughout the woodland lie the fallen trees\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAs much a part of life as those that stand.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eCut short in youth or weathered by long years,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eUprooted now, they stretch across the ground.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBut see what lives are nurtured by them now,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe creatures seeking nests, the plants that climb.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd even the goodness from each leaf, each bough\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eTransformed, is found in myriad trees in time.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSo those we love, now fallen from our sight\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eLive on in countless ways beyond their day.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat they held dear, in what they took delight,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eShape choices that we make upon our way.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSo honour them, and live as they have shown\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eTheir love sustains you as you carry on.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grain of Sand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65348381376861,"sku":"A5P_LivMem","price":3.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1065\/0760\/0221\/files\/livingmemorieslifestylecardonatable.jpg?v=1787244815","url":"https:\/\/grainofsand.org.uk\/products\/sympathy-card-living-memories-poem-woodland-fallen-trees","provider":"Grain of Sand","version":"1.0","type":"link"}