May You Fly As High As You Walked Tall

I watched you today; your face a blur in a picture before me and in my heart I once again asked God…. “Why”?

I have never met you; but one day in March in the year 2005, I vowed that I would touch your lives through silent deeds for those who served with you. I have never held your hand; but I have held you and what the red serge stands for in my heart. I have never taken your hand in mine but I have held the hands of others who stood with you as I prayed for God to watch over each and every one of you who walk with your heads held high; your conviction strong as steel; your dedication to die for any one of us a silent given!

I now see you as a Mother’s Precious Child; a child who was born and lived and laughed, and although I never saw you grow up to become a truly magnificent person, I still left my world in your hands as I lived my days; all the while knowing that you were out there for me if I ever needed you. I laid my head down on the pillow one more time knowing that you were there to watch over my world as a light in the darkness.

Then our world once again became quiet and I grew numb; I could not speak; I could not feel; I could not weep. Time did not pass; only the past could I feel. The birds did not sing and yet from somewhere within the silence that surrounded my heart, the glimpse of two beautiful birds in silent flight overcome me; one leading the way for the other; a glimpse of simple beauty like none I have ever seen before!

And in that moment...a whisper flowed from my heart….

“May You Both Fly High As You Walked Tall”!

And in that moment, I once again cried from the depths of my soul, “You died defending our world”! And I am reminded that Guardian Angels exist among us here on earth! Two beautiful birds in silent flight are now a symbol of the greatness of the watch from whence they came! And they served…. And they protected…. And now we feel the painful silence once more!

And in that very silence, I can now weep! I can now get on my knees and know that you, Constable Robin Cameron and Constable Marc Bourdages, have resumed your watch in a Higher Place…. And it is in that overwhelming silence, I ask that you watch over me still.

I will keep fighting with the strength of your memory and the memories of the watch who went before you. I will walk forward with the conviction in my heart that your memory, too, stands for greatness. I will pick up your light and lift it high in honour of you. My feet may not always carry me on the road I must take but I will not be defeated should I fall because…. I will walk your footsteps for you.

I will walk with faith in my belief that we as the people of Canada, can make this world a better place to be, walking side by side with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. We will continue walking in the footsteps of Hope with the conviction that, tomorrow, we will see a more gentle, loving Canada.

Then, when we look back at the path of your footsteps and remember you, we will not see where you fell….

But we will see your lighted path that has no end!!!!

Millie P. Lorenz

MGM