Those of us who were unable to attend Sheila's funeral today, celebrated her life and commitment to Princess Alice Hospice and the hospice movement worldwide at the Hospice, at the same time as the funeral. The service was led by Steve Nolan, with a reading by Jenna Godfrey and a copper leaf placed on our Memory Tree by Chief Executive, Nicki Shaw. Everyone present was asked to write messages or words about Sheila and these are listed in the thoughts section of this website. Part of Haydn's Creation was played along with Mozart's Bassoon Concerto. The following poem was also read: Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die. I have sent up my gladness on wings, to be lost in the blue of the sky. I have run and leaped with the rain, I have taken the wind to my breast. My cheek like a drowsy child to the face of the earth I have pressed. Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die. I have kissed young Love on the lips, I have heard his song to the end. I have struck my hand like a seal in the loyal hand of a friend. I have known the peace of heaven, the comfort of work done well. I have longed for death in the darkness and risen alive out of hell. Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die. I give a share of my soul to the world where my course is run. I know that another shall finish the task I must leave undone. I know that no flower, nor flint was in vain on the path I trod. As one looks on a face through a window, through life I have looked on God. Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die. Amelia Josephine Burr