Merry Christmas in Heaven, sweetheart. Wishing you a day full of fun and excitement up in a place where smiles are a plenty and you fill never-ending love. May you know how much you are loved down here on Earth always....and may you know that you will always be remembered. Hugs to you, my sweet baby girl. Mommy found some poems and a song that reminds me of you this Christmas.
Love you always,
Mommy
P.S. Please keep saying prayers for your Great-Grandma. She desperately needs you to watch over her today more than Mommy does. Thank you, sweetie.
P.P.S.
Dear friends,
The 25 days of giveaways was such a success for all baby loss families....I so enjoyed hosting a day and providing an opportunity to bring some hope and joy to someone this holiday season. Due to my current family situation, I would like to keep the giveaway open until Monday, the 27th. It will help give me time to plan and get everything in order for the winner. So, please feel free to enter if you haven't already. Merry Christmas, dear families and friends. Wishing you a day to find peace and joy in your hearts to last the whole year through.
Angels in Heaven
We have angels in heaven
Who look down on us here
while the world all around us says
"Be of good cheer!"
Everyone else is bustling about
We simply watch it go by,
yet we just want to shout~
Don't you know it's not merry
at this time of year,
when our lives feel so empty
and our eyes fill with tears.
We can't bear the thought of another holiday
without our precious loved one
who was taken away.
But your child's spirit does live on,
though their physical being may be gone.
Look around and you will see
their soul lives on in your memory.
You'll see your child's eyes so bright
In every twinkling Christmas light.
There are angels in heaven
Who look down on us here
And they are trying to tell us,
Don't worry we're near!
We love you and miss you,
we'll never be far...
Just look to the sky
and the bright Christmas star.
Take a special moment
throughout these blessed days
to remember me in the kindest of ways...
Give my smile to a person,
who needs it like you,
and my spirit will live on
through the things that you do.
Tammy L. Tobac 1993
'Twas the Night Before Christmas"
~ For Bereaved Parents ~
'Twas the month before Christmas and I dreaded the days,
That I knew I was facing - the holiday craze.
The stores were all filled with holiday lights,
In hopes of drawing customers by day and by night.
As others were making their holiday plans,
My heart was breaking - I couldn't understand.
I had lost my dear child a few years before,
And I knew what my holiday had in store.
When out of nowhere, there arose such a sound,
I sprang to my feet and was looking around,
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash
The sight that I saw took my breath away,
And my tears turned to smiles in the light of the day.
When what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a cluster of butterflies fluttering near.
With beauty and grace they performed a dance,
I knew in a moment this wasn't by chance.
The hope that they gave me was a sign from above,
That my child was still near me and that I was loved.
The message they brought was my holiday gift,
And I cried when I saw them in spite of myself.
As I knelt closer to get a better view,
One allowed me to pet it - as if it knew -
That I needed the touch of its fragile wings,
To help me get through the holiday scene.
In the days that followed I carried the thought,
Of the message the butterflies left in my heart -
That no matter what happens or what days lie ahead,
Our children are with us - they're not really dead.
Yes, the message of the butterflies still rings in my ears,
A message of hope - a message so dear.
And I imagined they sang as they flew out of sight,
"To all bereaved parents - We love you tonight!"
-By Faye McCord - TCF, Jackson, MS
(the following poem is submitted in loving memory of Lane McCord (/26/65 - 9/13/98) and is dedicated to all bereaved parents)
Greeting cards have all been sent
The Christmas rush is through
But I still have one wish to make
A special one for you
Merry Christmas darling
We're apart that's true
But I can dream and in my dreams
I'm Christmas-ing with you
Holidays are joyful
There's always something new
But every day's a holiday
When I'm near to you
The lights on my tree
I wish you could see
I wish it every day
Logs on the fire
Fill me with desire
To see you and to say
That I wish you Merry Christmas
Happy New Year, too
I've just one wish
On this Christmas Eve
I wish I were with you
Instrumental Interlude
Logs on the fire
Fill me with desire
To see you and to say
That I wish you Merry Christmas
Happy New Year, too
I've just one wish
On this Christmas Eve
I wish I were with you
I wish I were with you
(Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas - Darling)
I love you, Kennedy Kate.
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4 comments:
Thanks for sharing those poems! Hope the last couple of days were gentle on you.
I hope you were able to find some joy and peace during Christmas. I have found that no matter how much time has passed, you never get over the feeling that someone is missing...
((Big Hugs))
Thank you for sharing the poems and song. Sending love to you and your sweet Kennedy. <3 I am also sending prayers for your grandma(((Hugs))
♥ Kennedy ♥
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