Sadly, I just learned of Diana’s passing. I feel bereft at having missed her celebration of life service. Diana and I met through family connections and grew our friendship through our loves of teaching and poetry. She admired my mother, Marge Thomas, and made a point to visit us during Marge’s final years. During Diana’s last summer in Mohnton, I visited her and we shared tea, memories, laughs, and health tips. She was all wit, smiles, and gratitude. I cherished every moment. If only we’d been able to say goodbye, I would recite for Diana these lines from William Blake’s poem, “Auguries of Innocence,” which remind me of her, a worldly wise woman who kept a child’s joy in her heart:

“To see a World in a Grain of Sand,

And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,

Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand,

And Eternity in an hour.”