Men come and go, but Earth abides.
— authorship uncertain, circa 250 BCE, Ecclesiastes 1:4
In lieu of flowers, his family requests that donations be made in his name to AIDS Project Los Angeles (213.201.1387 or
http://www.apla.org) or to Santa Monica College Foundation/ Christian Hart Fund (c/o Lisa Farwell, PhD, Chair Dept of Psychology, Santa Monica College, 1900 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90405 or 310.434.4069).
You will ride a white horse into heaven
And you will smile,
For your hair will blow in the wind.
You will ride a white horse into heaven
And you will smile,
For you’ll be clothed in peace and love.
You will ride a while horse into heaven
And you will smile,
For you will know what we know not.
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You rode a white horse into heaven,
And God smiled.
-Aunt Bodil Petersen Bratvold
Karen was mother to Christian and Dominick; sister to Bodil.
The white horse in this poem symbolizes victory.
I was good friends with Chris since he was 18. His smile never stopped.