Letter #81~ "And there shall be no sorrow because there is no death." D&C 101:29

Dear Heavenly Father,

Yesterday my uncle Craig left his broken body to be with you. He had cancer. Please be with him. Craig is a wonderful son, brother, husband, father and uncle. I try not to be sad about Craig. He was in a lot of pain. Now he is free.

Thank you for your tender mercies. Thank you for the time we were all able to be with him. Thank you for allowing his cancer to go into remission so he could see his beautiful daughter go through the temple and marry her sweetheart.

I know that because my brother Jesus Christ atoned for our sins and was resurrected, I will see Craig again. I know that this life is not the end. Thank you.

I find sweet comfort in Thy hymns. I know these words are true and have real meaning. I love you. Tell Craig we all love him and we will always remember him. Give him a nice big hug from me.

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O my Father, thou that dwellest

In the high and glorious place,

When shall I regain thy presence,

And again behold thy face?

In thy holy habitation,

Did my spirit once reside?

In my first primeval childhood,

Was I nurtured near thy side?

For a wise and glorious purpose

Thou hast placed me here on earth,

And withheld the recollection

Of my former friends and birth,

Yet ofttimes a secret something

Whispered, “You’re a stranger here;”

And I felt that I had wandered

From a more exalted sphere.

I had learned to call thee Father,

Through thy Spirit from on high;

But until the key of knowledge

Was restored, I knew not why.

In the heavens are parents single?

No; the thought makes reason stare!

Truth is reason, truth eternal

Tells me I’ve a mother there.

When I leave this frail existence,

When I lay this mortal by,

Father, Mother, may I meet you

In your royal courts on high?

Then, at length, when I’ve completed

All you sent me forth to do,

With your mutual approbation

Let me come and dwell with you.