Pictures of Roma Claire Guth
August 9, 1922 - September 26, 2005

 

 

 

These words are on a wooden plaque that my sister and I bought our mother while visiting Gatlingburg, TN, one summer nearly forty years ago. The plaque still hangs in the kitchen above the main window.

MOTHER

To one who bears the sweetest name,

And adds luster to the Same,

Long life to her for there’s no other,

Who takes the place of my Dear Mother!

 

 

 

 

I danced in the morning when the world was begun,
And I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun,
I came down from heaven and I danced on the earth,
At Bethlehem I had my birth.

 

 

 

Dance, then, wherever you may be;
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.
I’ll lead you all wherever you may be,
And I’ll lead you all in the dance, said he.

 

 

 

GRIEF

My grief is silenced,
But it is not diminished.
Grief is never diminished;
One merely hides it deep in one's heart
And calls it by another name --
Acceptance

Katherine Peters Dunlap

 

 

 

Dance, then, wherever you may be;
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.
I’ll lead you all wherever you may be,
And I’ll lead you all in the dance, said he.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My mother liked the song "They'll Know We Are Christians" played on the guitar. Here are the song's lyrics.

We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord
We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord
And we pray that our unity will one day be restored.
And they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love
Yes they'll know we are Christians by our love.

We will work with each other, we will work side by side
We will work with each other, we will work side by side
And we'll guard each man's dignity and save each man's pride.
And they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love
Yes, they'll know we are Christians by our love.