Sad news this morning. A friend's husband passed away last night, very shortly after being diagnosed with cancer. The end came faster than expected and it's a shock. Willie was quite a character, much like my dad who we lost in November, and like my dad, we thought he would be here forever.

This was in the program at Dad's memorial service and it fits Willie, too. I don't know the author.

God saw he was getting tired

and a cure was not to be.

So He put His arms around him

and whispered "Come with me."

In tears we watched him suffer

and saw him fade away.

Although we loved him dearly,

we could not make him stay.

"A heart of gold stopped beating,

Hard working hands now rest."

God broke our hearts to prove to us

He only takes the best."