Dorothy Reinecke

Dorothy Reinecke of Atlantic Beach at age 101. Loving wife of the late John. Beloved mother of William (Lucille) and James (Jan). Cherished grandmother of Dana.

I’d like the memory of me
to be a happy one,
I’d like to leave an afterglow
of smiles when life is done.
I’d like to leave an echo
whispering softly down the ways,
of happy times and laughing
times and bright and sunny days.
I’d like the tears of those
who grieve, to dry before the sun.
Of happy memories that I leave
when life is done.