Someone emailed me that a friend's husband Robert "Bob" Bauman left this Earth experience yesterday morning, March 28, 2011. I shed a few tears because I have loved Bob since I met him over 12 years ago.
Bob's life had not been easy. He had suffered a traumatic brain injury several years before I met him as well as having various health challenges throughout his life. But what I always felt when I was around him was an underlying cheerfulness, an acceptance of Life as it happened and living the best he could with the results.
Bob had a wonderful sense of humor and loved to see me roll my eyes. He also loved Jennifer Aniston. He and I had a running joke about when she was coming to visit him. When we spoke, he would always ask if I had heard from Jennifer yet. :o)
Last summer I felt impressed to create a Life Stamp for him to commemorate his 64th birthday, which was in August. This impression had an urgency about it, as if the Life Stamp had to be done immediately with no procrastination.
The poem that came to me used sailing, Bob's great love, as a metaphor of traveling through life, death, and beyond. Bob's wife Mary told me he had tears in his eyes as she read it to him. In remembrance of Bob's life here and in honor of his new adventure, I have posted the poem below.
Sail on, Bob! I will miss you.
--Vicky :o)
Setting Sail
The dawn arrives, crisp and clear,
The sea is calling to my Heart:
“Come and play! Do not fear!
Bring your Soul; no need for charts.”
The brilliant sun shines up above,
Looking skyward, I see the sails
Full with wind, God’s breath of Love;
I know I am guided; I cannot fail.
The sun begins its slow descent,
Night’s silence will soon prevail,
And still my boat glides and ascends;
Gentle breezes embrace my sails.
A new Life begins;
what do I see?
A Universe of stars
waiting for me.
Trimmed and ready, my Soul and I
Set my sails toward Source’s Light.
Copyright © 2010 by Vicky Lynn Macchione
Bob's life had not been easy. He had suffered a traumatic brain injury several years before I met him as well as having various health challenges throughout his life. But what I always felt when I was around him was an underlying cheerfulness, an acceptance of Life as it happened and living the best he could with the results.
Bob had a wonderful sense of humor and loved to see me roll my eyes. He also loved Jennifer Aniston. He and I had a running joke about when she was coming to visit him. When we spoke, he would always ask if I had heard from Jennifer yet. :o)
Last summer I felt impressed to create a Life Stamp for him to commemorate his 64th birthday, which was in August. This impression had an urgency about it, as if the Life Stamp had to be done immediately with no procrastination.
The poem that came to me used sailing, Bob's great love, as a metaphor of traveling through life, death, and beyond. Bob's wife Mary told me he had tears in his eyes as she read it to him. In remembrance of Bob's life here and in honor of his new adventure, I have posted the poem below.
Sail on, Bob! I will miss you.
--Vicky :o)
Setting Sail
The dawn arrives, crisp and clear,
The sea is calling to my Heart:
“Come and play! Do not fear!
Bring your Soul; no need for charts.”
The brilliant sun shines up above,
Looking skyward, I see the sails
Full with wind, God’s breath of Love;
I know I am guided; I cannot fail.
The sun begins its slow descent,
Night’s silence will soon prevail,
And still my boat glides and ascends;
Gentle breezes embrace my sails.
A new Life begins;
what do I see?
A Universe of stars
waiting for me.
Trimmed and ready, my Soul and I
Set my sails toward Source’s Light.
Copyright © 2010 by Vicky Lynn Macchione
