For Simme Yagambram's Children And Family And Friends Poem by Diana van den Berg

Once upon a time
God sent an angel to Earth.
He called her Simme
and her mission was
to bless all who knew her, with her goodness.
This she did and more
for she instantly touched the lives of all around her
and taught us, inspired us, encouraged us
and brought us light, love, warmth, faith,
courage, honesty, strength, compassion, guidance,
happiness, smiles and laughter.

Evil forces are always jealous of the good
and they brought her much suffering
but those forces could not make her evil too
so instead they punished her for her goodness
and wrenched her away from her loved ones
and tried to destroy her,

but she triumphed over the evil forces and Death
because God immediately swept her up in His loving arms
and took her back to Heaven from where He had sent her
and now she is in a place
where she is forever safe
and nothing can hurt her ever again
and she will spend the rest of Time
smiling her love and protection and encouragement
down on her children and family and friends.

What we can do for her
is to honour her
and make her smile
by letting her see that we have learnt well from her
and we have made her gifts to us, our own,
and we are continuing her good work
by passing those things on
to everyone we know
without ceasing.

When things seem
dark and difficult
she will want us
to pause in the midst of our pain,
and in the stillness, feel
the warmth
and love
and compassion
and protection
of her loving angel wings
wrapped gently around us
encouraging us to go on teaching others
as she has taught us.

When we are confused and don’t know what to do,
let us pause and think,
“What advice would she give us, in this particular case, if she were still here on Earth? ”
then she will send her words
to our innermost hearts and minds
but we will only hear them
if we listen carefully.

Won’t you,
for a moment
lift your face
to the Heavens
and smile your courage up at her
and feel her
smiling back?

We thank God
for the honour He bestowed upon us
for giving us Simme
as a mother, daughter, sister, family member and friend.

(15 December 2007)