Thanks Cari, that's exactly it! Thanks so much. When I came across it years ago I thought of my Auntie even then, as she has several people 'waiting for her', in particular her mother who died 35 years ago and to whom she was extremely close. I also really like the other one you quoted, which I have here in one of my books of poetry. Another that I like is

DEATH IS NOTHING AT ALL (Henry Scott Holland 1847 -1918)

Death is nothing at all,

I have only slipped away into the next room,

I am I and you are you;

Whatever we were to each other, That we still are.

Call me by my old familiar name,

Speak to me in the easy way which you always used,

Put no difference in your tone,

Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.

Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we shared together.

Let my name ever be the household word that it always was.

Let it be spoken without effect, without the trace of a shadow on it.

Life means all that it ever meant,

It is the same as it ever was, there is unbroken continuity.

Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?

I am waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near, just around the corner.

All is well.

I am hoping at least one of them can be included in the service, though of course it is up to my Uncle. He and my Mum are meeting with the minister at some point to discuss the service.

Thanks for your help, Cari

Honey