I'll walk just beyond the moon
Then I'll stop and wait for you.

My mother and my father were in love for 50 years. So when Dad died, we wondered why my Mother shed no tears. We asked her once about it, but she wouldn't tell us why. Instead she'd walk outside each night and smile up at the sky. Then just before she left us, she called us to her side. She told us what my father said to her just before he died.

I remember when you said you'd never leave me
Through these golden years I've kept the same vow too
But now that I am going, please don't leave me
I'll walk just beyond the moon, then I'll stop and wait for you.

You can look up every night and you'll see me light the lights
Where I'll watch for you to join me some day soon
We'll go looking through the stars for the Heaven that is ours
And I know we'll find it soon somewhere just beyond the moon.

I'll walk just beyond the moon
Then I'll stop and wait for you.

I'll just sit there by a star and I'll watch you from afar
Till I see you walking toward me some day soon.
Then together hand-in-hand we'll find our Promised Land
And we'll settle down forever, darling just beyond the moon.

I'll walk just beyond the moon
Then I'll stop and wait for you.

This page is in honor and remembrance of my Father and Mother who  celebrated 51 years of marriage before my Father's death in 1983.  My Father was a very patient man, and waited 19 years "just beyond the moon" before my Mother finally joined him in 2002 at the age of 94 years.

Mom and Daddy were married June 16, 1931 in Mitchell, South Dakota. They farmed near the James River and a very small town in South Dakota named Ethan. After suffering from the results of the depression, they had to sell their farm machinery and livestock and move to Mitchell. They lived the rest of their lives in Mitchell, raising 4 children.

Throughout their married life, they worked together, laughed together, and danced together. During the 50's they joined a square dance club and then later formed their own club. Daddy learned to call square dances, and was known all over the midwest as a great square dance caller. They also taught square dancing and round dances.

Besides their four children, they left a legacy of 14 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and 4 great-great-grandchildren scattered from coast to coast.  They will always be remembered for their love, their support and their encouragement for all their children and grandchildren.  We will always miss them, but know in our hearts they are now together "just beyond the moon."

Mom and Daddy, just for you . . .

~ Marilyn ~

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"Just Beyond the Moon"
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