A Paper for…

Sequoia Council No. 228 (AMD)

Tulare Masonic Temple, 135 W. Tulare Avenue, Tulare, CA

… to better serve the Craft through the medium of study and research

by

RmOlano

3Dec06

To

Widows

and Orphans

Words will never describe,

soft counsel to ears might not be enough.

Hand shake nor hug might capture some warmth

but one will never really feel your pain,

until each of us went through the experience ourselves.

Our Order reminds us of the hourglass,

to watch the grains of sand passing though the portal of time.

No matter how many honors and accomplishments each of us achieved,

our sand will kept on pouring until nothing is left behind.

The Lecture in the second section taught us that the hourglass is not a symbol of time,

Further Light and Lessons of the Craft reminds us that unlike time ---

Life is finite.

So Mote It Be.

rmo