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He Is Gone
You can shed tears that he is gone
Or you can smile because he has lived
You can close your eyes and pray that he will come back
Or you can open your eyes and see all that he has left
Your heart can be empty because you can't see him
Or you can be full of the love that you shared
You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday
Or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday
You can remember him and only that he is gone
Or you can cherish his memory and let it live on
You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back
Or you can do what he would want: smile, open your eyes, love and go on.
Having just lost Daniel 31 / 12 /07 I am heartbroken
Daniel isnt the first child I have lost I have also lost two babies under different circumstances Baby Callum & Baby Bump I have also had a number of miscarriges. Lost my dad, nana & grandad and other close relatives and friends. I have also lost a vast amount of my beloved animals. All of these losses have broke my heart but nothing in this world ever prepares a mother for the loss of a child.
God`s Lent Boy
I’ll lend you for a little while a child of mine, God said,
For you to love the while he lives, and mourn for when he’s dead.
It may be six or seven years, or forty two or three,
But will you, ‘til I call him back, take care of him for me?
He’ll bring his charms to gladden you. And should his stay be brief,
You’ll always have your memories as solace in your grief.
I cannot promise he will stay, since all from earth return,
But there are lessons taught below I want this child to learn.
I’ve looked this whole world over in my search for teachers true,
And from the folk that crowd life’s lane, I have chosen you.
Now will you give him all your love and not think the labour vain,
Nor hate me when I come to take this lent child back again.
I fancy that I heard them say, ‘Dear God Thy will be done’,
For all the joys this child will bring, the risk of grief we’ll run.
We will shelter him with tenderness, we’ll love him while we may,
And for all the happiness we’ve ever known, we’ll ever grateful stay.
But should the angels call him much sooner than we’d planned,
We will brace the bitter grief that comes and try to understand.
Below is a list of breavement web sites if it be a loss of a child, stiill born or neonatal baby, parent, close relative. friend or even a beloved pet animal Help is available.
www.ccbss.org.uk<wbr> www.childhoodbereavementnetwork.org.uk<wbr>/ www.childtrauma.org<wbr>/
www.equip.nhs.uk<wbr>/topics<wbr>/bereavement.html www.sands-lothians.org.uk<wbr>/
www.sands-funeral.com<wbr> www.sands.org www.growthhouse.org<wbr> www.vdbs.org
www.geocities.com<wbr> www.beyondindigo.com<wbr>/ www.teenwire.com<wbr> www.coolnurse.com
www.thefuneraldirectory.com<wbr> www.hospicenet.org www.Remembered-Forever.org
www.pet-memorial.net www.anaflora.com www.all-creatures.org
www.poeticexpressions.co.uk<wbr>/
Death is nothing at all
I have only slipped away into the next room
I am I and you are you
Whatever we were to each other
That we are still
Call me by my old familiar name
Speak to me in the easy way you always used
Put no difference into your tone
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow
Laugh as we always laughed
At the little jokes we always enjoyed together
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me
Let my name be ever the household word that it always was
Let it be spoken without effort
Without the ghost of a shadow in it
Life means all that it ever meant
It is the same as it ever was
There is absolute unbroken continuity
What is death but a negligible accident?
Why should I be out of mind
Because I am out of sight?
I am waiting for you for an interval
Somewhere very near
Just around the corner
All is well.
Nothing is past; nothing is lost
One brief moment and all will be as it was before
How we shall laugh at the trouble of parting when we meet again!
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Childhood Bereavement Network -The Childhood Bereavement Network is a national resourse for those working with bereaved children and young people, their families and other caregivers
Tel - 020 7843 6309 email - cbn@ncb.org.uk
website - www.childhoodbereavementnetwork.org.uk
post -- 8 Wakley Street London EC1V 7QE
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My Angel
You've just walked on ahead of me
And I've got to understand
You must release the ones you love
And let go of their hand.
I try and cope the best I can
But I'm missing you so much
If I could only see you
And once more feel your touch.
Yes, you've just walked on ahead of me
Don't worry I'll be fine
But now and then I swear I feel
Your hand slip into mine.
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SLEEP SOFTLY
Sleep soft dear child in Heavenly peace
as angels now surround thee;
Released from mortal chains of earth
your time here was decreed.
Yet though our hearts be troubled
and cold like winter chill;
The love that burned will always shine
on a destiny now fulfilled.
Ours not to ask the reason why
this hill we had to climb,
as we held and touched a special gift
for just a little time.
A new star burns so brightly now
and always will be here;
Within our hearts, within our souls
to chase away the tears.
We think now of the wondrous things;
The birth, the joy and love;
Not given, but lent for a while
and returned to Heaven above.
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THEY SAY THAT TIME HEALS, BUT THAT IS ONLY PARTLY TRUE, FOR IF TIME TRULY HEALED, WE WOULD FORGET AND THAT WE WILL NEVER DO.
