Forever with us

I hope to post the Alma Mater of Inver Hills Community College here soon;  I wrote it and am working on a band/orchestra arrangement.
My son is home from college now and busily applying for graduate schools in physics.  He tells me a little about what he's doing but I know the explanation is "dumbed-down" for his dear old dad. :-)
My daughter comes home for the holidays in about 10 days; 'Twill be nice to have her home too!

My great Aunt Violet passed away not too long ago; she was mother to my second cousin, Kim, who is now a principal at a school in Fargo.  He and I would play together as kids mostly on the farm near Fargo (though he did visit me in Vermillion SD as well).  This is in my aunt's honor:

Forever With Us
"Dark,
the days turn dark
when loss looms large.
"When?"
"Where? How?  ...Why?"
Children challenge the charge.

Life
with lots of laughs, well lived,
compassionate and caring.
Look,
that knowing smile...
The memories we'll be sharing.

Laugh
at times gone by --
what we remember well;
Loves,
all deep and strong;
Forever with us dwell."
                              ...Webb