IF TOMORROW STARTS WITHOUT ME

IF TOMORROW  STARTS WITHOUT ME  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.    If tomorrow starts without  me, And I'm not  there to see, If the sun  should rise and find your eyes All filled  with tears for me; I wish so  much you wouldn't cry The way you  did today, While  thinking of the many things, We didn't get  to say.  I know how much you love  me, As much as I  love you, And  each time that you think of me, I know you'll  miss me too;  But when tomorrow starts  without me,  Please try to  understand, That an angel came and called  my name, And  took me by the hand,  And  said my place was ready, In  heaven far above, And  that I'd have to leave behind All  those I dearly love.  But  as I turned to walk away, A  tear fell from my eye, For  all my life, I'd always thought, I  didn't want to die.  I  had so much to live for, So  much left yet to do, It  seemed almost impossible, That I  was leaving you. I thought of all the yesterdays, The  good ones and the bad, I  thought of all that we shared, And  all the fun we had.  If  I could relive yesterday, Just even for a  while, I'd  say good-bye and hug you And  maybe see you smile.  But  then I fully realized, That this could never  be, For  emptiness and memories, Would take the place of  me.  And  when I thought of worldly things I might miss some  tomorrow, I  thought of you, and when I did, My  heart was filled with sorrow.  But  when I walked through heaven's gates, I  felt so much at home. When God looked down and  smiled at me, From His great golden  throne,  He  said, "This is eternity, And  all I've promised you. Today your life on earth is  past, But  here life starts anew.  I  promise no tomorrow, But  today will always last, And  since each day is the same way, There's no longing for the  past. " So  when tomorrow starts without me, Don't think we're far  apart, For  every time you think of me, I'm  right there, in your heart.  There is no  wrong time to tell someone you care. In God we trust!