Epilogue

Dolphin Head

Henry's Blog will remain up to serve as a loving tribute and a place where visitors may leave wishes and remembrances for Henry. Beyond that, the future of this blog remains uncertain. The journey of Mama and Dad trying to build a living, loving, lifelong tribute is another story...one perhaps best not told here.

Many of the cards and letters we have received included heartfelt poems, tales, and quotations meant to console us. Many of these have touched us deeply, but one oft-told little story zeroed in to our feelings about Henry and his place in the cosmos:

I stood watching as the little ship sailed out to sea.
The setting sun tinted his white sails with a golden light,
and as he disappeared from sight a voice at my side whispered...

"He is gone."

But the sea was a narrow one. On the farther shore
a little band of friends had gathered to watch
and wait in happy expectation.
Suddenly they caught sight of the tiny sail and
at the very moment when my companion had whispered "He is gone,"
a glad shout went up in joyous welcome...

"Here he comes!"