I WALK FOR YOU
(Walk to Remember)
Dear Precious little baby,
I walk for you today,
To share with everyone your love,
In this, my special way;
Oh how I wish you were here,
to come and tag along,
For little one, if you were here
The miles would not seem so long.
I know that you would love to see
The many colored balloons;
And you would love to listen to
Lullabies and tunes.
You’d love to see the leaves that fall,
Red, yellow, gold, and brown,
You’d roll and toss around in them,
You’d laugh and jump around.
It is such a lovely time of year
I wish you could have stayed
I waited, oh, so long for you
So many plans I made;
I know that you are happy
Up in Heaven’s lovely land,
And someday we will meet again,
Together walk hand in hand;
Then we can walk together
As I walk for you today,
I want the whole world to know
This is your special day.
It really does not matter,
Winter, spring, summer or fall,
Dear baby, I still think of you,
Each day your love recall;
I had you such a little while,
But in my heart you’ll always stay,
Look down from Heaven, precious baby…
As I take this walk for you today.
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A Candle for Your Child
Today you will light a little white candle
and say aloud your child’s name.
For one fateful day, your life was changed.
The holidays will never be the same.
Today you will light a little white candle
and hang an ornament on a special tree.
Who would have thought you would be in this place?
Sharing your child as a memory.
Today you will light a little white candle,
a small gesture to some others.
Here we share the pain of our loss,
with Mothers, Fathers, Sisters & Brothers.
Today you will light a little white candle,
and as you gaze into the flame,
may comforting memories flood your mind,
as you proudly say your child’s name.
Today you will light a little white candle,
With us your compassionate friends…
For all of us know that though they’re not here,
our Love for Them NEVER ends.
~ Tammy Tobac
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SPECIAL HANDLING PLEASE
I was handed a package the other day.
It was wrapped securely to be mailed away
Attached to the outside as plain as could be
Was a simple note for all to see.
Please rush through the holiday season;
Too painful to open for any reason.
Contained within, find one broken heart-
Fragile, broken, falling apart.
Tried to go shopping the other day;
The hype of the season blew me away.
Sat down to write cards,
That was insane.
Couldn’t find the list
Or think of my name.
People say,
“Come over, be of good cheer.”
“Celebrate the holidays,
Prepare a New Year.”
But my grief overwhelms me
Like waves in the sea.
Can they cope with my crying,
an unsettled me?
I don’t have any holiday cheer.
Decorations, traditions, big family meal
I can’t do this year.
Do you know how I feel?
Guilty and frustrated!
I’ve let everyone down!
Our holiday celebrations
used to be the best in town.
So just ship me away
Address unknown
When my grief is better
I might fly home.
Written by: Mary J. Pinkava
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“Sometimes miracles arrive so tiny
That we cannot feel the weight of them-
And yet we are still changed,
And we are blessed none the less…”
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Grief
You don’t get over it
You just get through it
You don’t get by it
Because you can’t get around it
It doesn’t just “get better”
It just gets different
Every day…
Grief puts on a new face.
Wendy Feiereisen
Grief ©2005®
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A butterfly lights beside us like a sunbeam
and for a brief moment its glory
and beauty belong to our world.
But then it flies again
And though we wish it could have stayed…
We feel lucky to have seen it.
~Author Unknown~
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What a Grieving Mother Really Thinks
Hello, Old Friend,
Oh, yes, you know
I lost my child a while ago.
No, no please
Don’t look away
And change the subject
It’s ok.
You see, at first I couldn’t feel,
It took so long, but now it’s real.
I hurt so much inside you see
I need to talk,
Come sit with me?
You see, I was numb for so very long,
And people said, “My, she is so strong.”
They did not know I couldn’t feel,
My broken heart made all unreal.
But then one day, as I awoke
I clutched my chest, began to choke,
Such a scream, such a wail,
Broke from me…
My child! My child!
The horror of reality.
But everyone has moved on, you see,
everyone except for me.
Now, when I need friends most of all,
Between us there now stands a wall.
My pain is more than they can bear,
When I mention my child,
I see their blank stare.
“But I thought you were over it,”
Their eyes seem to say,
No, no, I can’t listen to this, not today.
So I smile and pretend, and say, “Oh, I’m ok”.
But inside I am crying, as I turn away.
And so my old friend, I shall paint on a smile,
As I have from the start,
You never knowing all the while,
All I’ve just said to you in my heart.
~Kelly Cummings
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“If ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together.. There is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we’re apart. I’ll always be with you.”
~ Winnie the Pooh (A.A. Milne)
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“There are things that we don’t want to happen but have to accept, things we don’t want to know but have to learn, and people we can’t live without but have to let go.”
