Dedicated to the loving memory of our Mom & Oma, Riti de Groot
This site is our Tribute to Riti de Groot. Mom / Oma / Grote Oma / dear friend who is much loved and will always be remembered.
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Dear Riti my cherished friend. A man with a beautiful voice brought us together. And now you are in my heart so lovingly tucked in........
i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)
Donna xoxoxoxoxo
15th April 2023
With fond memories of Riti who called me "her friend". A witty cosmopolitan and gracious lady who can now be reunited with Danni, her beloved dog.
I will miss her insight and friendship x
Glynis
4th April 2023
A poem by Henry Scott Holland -
~All Is Well~
Death is nothing at all,
I have only slipped into the next room
I am I and you are you
Whatever we were to each other, that we are still.
Call me by my old familiar name,
Speak to me in the easy way which you always used
Put no difference in your tone,
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow
Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household word that it always was,
Let it be spoken without effect, without the trace of shadow on it.
Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same as it ever was, there is unbroken continuity.
Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?
I am waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near,
Just around the corner.
All is well.
Andy
27th March 2023
