http://mountaincrossings.zenfolio.com/p207145984 It is with great and humble thanks that I extend to all those who helped in this program. When Candas Jones called and wanted to organize this ceremonial hike for Meredith, I did not hesitate..... because based on the many phone call, email and personal one on one, I knew people needed some way to heal....together. <br/><br/>Over 300 people... ventured out into bitter cold (12 degrees) to participate in the M.E. ceremony. These are only a few of the many pictures.<br/><br/>MANY OF YOU HAVE ASKED ME TO POST THE ELEGY. <br/>Several have also thought that I am mis-prounouncing the word and should mean eulogy. The words are different..Elegy is defined as follows: <br/> <br/>El-e-gy: a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, esp. a funeral song or a lament for the deceased.<br/> <br/>A Trail Angel Rises<br/>An Elegy by Winton Porter<br/>January 2008<br/> <br/><strong>Out on the trail, when a comrade falls, a trail angel rises. </strong><br/>Meredith, whose kind and loving spirit was cruelly taken from all those who knew and loved her, has joined the ranks of trail angels. <br/>She will forever be our guide.<br/><br/>Because trail angels dance along the path of peace and joy forever.<br/>Because trail angels watch over those who merely want to walk forever.<br/>Those who simply want to live.<br/>Those who want to live simply.<br/>And beautifully as Meredith did.<br/>Merediths light once illuminated the path of hundreds of friends and family members as well as among the many, many she touched along the graceful trail of her life.<br/>The light Meredith brought us has not been extinguished. <br/>It has risen. <br/>It now illuminates the path of millions <br/>Across our nation. <br/>Around the world.<br/>And as her light rises, we come to know its source.<br/><em>A source inextinguishable. </em><br/>An inner source.<br/>It came from Merediths compassion. <br/>Her kindness. <br/>Her love of outdoors. <br/>Her love of animals. <br/>It now fires our love. <br/>Our compassion. <br/>Our resolve to live better lives. <br/>Kinder lives. <br/>It warms us, consoles us, unites us here and now.<br/>And as her light rises, <br/>It ignites in us the good of our natures. <br/>It reveals to us the beauty of these mountains. <br/>It fires in us a renewed joy for living, for those around us, for the walks we share today.<br/>Her light reminds us not to wait but to love <u>while we still can</u>.<br/>Now….Stop. …Listen. <br/>Hush and truly listen. <br/>Hear the drums?<br/>Feel them on the wind?<br/>Hear the human tales of triumph and sadness that echo through these vast and ancient mountains?<br/>These are human tales, bouncing off the cliffs,<br/>Reverberating among the high tree lines, <br/>Following the deep gaps. <br/><u>Filling our hearts</u>. <br/>Separateness is an illusion, my friends.<br/>There is no me.<br/>There is no you.<br/>There is only We.<br/>We of this earth. <br/>We the one. <br/>I am you. <br/>You are me. <br/>Together , we are bound by common experience:<br/>Love. Life. Hope. Joy. Sorrow. Pain. <u>Memory. </u><br/>Meredith Emerson is you. <br/>You are Meredith Emerson.<br/>Follow her light.<br/><u>It will guide you well.</u><br/><u>Remember.</u><br/><strong>Out on the trail, when a comrade falls, a trail angel rises</strong>. en-us Copyright (C) MOUNTAINCROSSINGS.COM winton@mountaincrossings.com (MOUNTAINCROSSINGS.COM) Sun, 20 Jan 2008 23:05:00 GMT Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:44:00 GMT People http://mountaincrossings.zenfolio.com/img/v3/p824565889-10.jpg http://mountaincrossings.zenfolio.com/p207145984 100 120 http://mountaincrossings.zenfolio.com/p207145984/?photo=824565889 <p><a href="http://mountaincrossings.zenfolio.com/p207145984/?photo=824565889"><img src="http://mountaincrossings.zenfolio.com/img/v3/p824565889-3.jpg"/></a></p> <p></p> winton@mountaincrossings.com (MOUNTAINCROSSINGS.COM) http://mountaincrossings.zenfolio.com/p207145984/?photo=824565889 Sun, 20 Jan 2008 23:07:10 GMT http://mountaincrossings.zenfolio.com/p207145984/?photo=556381371 <p><a 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