Obituary of Shirley Jean Johnson

And the mother said, “I have reached the end of my journey, and I know the end is better than the beginning, but my children can walk alone and their children after them.” And the children said, “You will always be with us, Mother, even when you have gone through the gates.” And they stood and watched her as she went on alone, and the gates closed after her. And they said, “We cannot see her, but she is with us still. A mother like ours is more than a memory. She is a living presence.”