....full of tears at this farewell...

I got through today.....I think I did o.k. with the reading.......I think I'm out of the dark place....thanks to the kind words from my colleagues today.

I still miss Caroline terribly.....and I think I always will but I was honoured to perform one last duty for her.

I think the words of my reading are the perfect closure.

"If I speak in human or angelic tongues, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

If I give all I possess to the poor but have not love, I gain nothing.

Love is patient, love is kind, it does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.It is not rude, it is not self seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Love never fails.
Other things will cease, will pass away.
These three things remain: faith, hope and love.
But the greatest of these is love."

Das vidanya moy padruga.