"Sometimes Love is a Moment.
Sometimes Love is a Lifetime.
Sometimes a Moment is a Lifetime" UnknownIf I were going to sum up Calypso's life I could do it in a few but powerful words. A short life that spanned the sea. Calypso Paikea Rhyder, her very name came from the sea. She was my ocean baby. Only 3 weeks and 2 days she spent with us, but her name has touched thousands of hearts and has rested on hundreds of seashores. Some day I'll see her again, but in the meantime I pray Calypso's name continues to touch on different shores and land on different hearts.
E kore te aroha
e maroke i te rā,
Mākūkū tonu i
aku roimatae.
On January 7 it will be exactly 4 1/2 years since we said goodbye to Calypso. 4 years and 6 months. It seems like such a long time but in the broad spectrum of things it's a very short while. It's almost 2012 and in 2012 Calypso should be turning 5. It's not fair that she's not here. At 5 she'd be starting school in August. Going off to kindergarten. Instead all I have are memories and tears and a few things to remind me that she was really here.
As the moon kindles the night
As the wind kindles the fire
As the rain fills every ocean
And the sun the earth
With your heart kindle my heart.
Take my heart
Take my heart
Kindle it with your heart
And my heart cannot be
Kindled without you
With your heart kindle my heart.
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