Randy R. Mische

Mische, Randy R., age 33, of S. Setauket, NY, on June 18,2012. Alumni of Ward Melville HS & SUNY at Binghamton. Beloved son of Susan (nee Hawes) & Robert Mische. Loving brother of Shannon Oswald and her husband Andy. Cherished grandson of Rose and Michael Tysz, and Robert and the late Joan Mische. Adored "uncle" of Natalie Ulon. Also survived by many dear family members and friends. Reposing at O.B. Davis Funeral Homes, 2326 Middle Country Road Centereach, NY 11720. Visiting Thursday 2~4 & 7~9 P.M.. Funeral Mass Friday 10:45 A.M. Assumption BVM RC Church. Private Cremation. www.obdaviscentereach.com

I am standing by the seashore.

A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze

and starts for the blue ocean.

She is an object of beauty and strength,

and I stand and watch until at last she hangs like a peck of white cloud

just where the sun and sky come down to mingle with each other.

Then someone at my side says :

- ‘There she goes!

Gone where?

Gone from my sight – that is all.

She is just as large in mast and hull and spar

as she was when she left my side

and just as able to bear her load of living freight

to the places of destination.

Her diminished size is in me, not in her.

And just at the moment when someone at my side says:

- ‘There she goes! ‘,

there are other eyes watching her coming to shore,

and other voices ready to take up the glad shout :

- ‘Here she comes!’

By Henry Van Dyke

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Ever notice how ships going out to sea appear to get smaller and smaller and eventually disappear from our sight altogether? This is because as something goes away from us, it shrinks on the horizon and in the end, the horizon consumes it and it disappears altogether. The ship is still sailing on, we just can no longer see it. However, it is there, and it is still steaming ahead.

As the ship disappears from us, it is slowly appearing to those on the other side of the world. To us, it gets smaller and smaller and not much more than a dot on the horizon. However, to those on the other side of the world, it grows and grows, and eventually appears!

As it disappears from our sight, it reappears in someone else’s!

The bible says,”when we are absent from the body, we are present with the Lord"