 IN MEMORY OF DARLENE POTTS-ROACH
September19, 1960 ~~March 22,1992
On March 23, 1992...The headline read, "Husband Kills Self and Pregnant Wife." The pregnant wife was Darlene, my best friend and my son's godmother. I never got a chance to say goodbye to my dear friend, her family didn't have my phone number to call me. When I found out she was already buried a week. I know Darlene wouldn't want me to be sad because her life was short here on earth. This is what I feel she is saying... ~~SAFELY HOME~~
I am home in Heaven dear ones; Oh so happy and so bright. There is perfect joy and beauty, in this every lasting light. All the pain and grief are over, every restless tossing past. I am now at peace forever, safely home in heaven at last. Did you wonder why I so calmly, trod the valley of the shade? Ah! but Jesus love illumined, every dark and fearful glade. And he came himself to meet me, in that way so hard to tread. And with Jesus' arm to lean on, could I have no doubt or dread? Then you must not grieve so sorely, for I love you dearly still. Try to look beyond earth's shadows, pray to trust the Father's will. There is work still waiting for you, so you must not idly stand. Do it now while life remaineth. You shall rest in Jesus' land when that work is all completed. He will gently call you home. Oh the rapture of that meeting. Oh the joy to see you come.~~author unknown~~   Candle Symbolizes Violence Against Women  
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