Category Archives: Poems, Prayers and Thoughts
To Lose Something
I have a real hard time saying or thinking that I lost my son. Losing something implies I meI have a real hard time saying or thinking that I lost my son. Losing something implies I merely misplaced it and it has … Continue reading
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In My Heart
For my Sweet Baby Girl Nichole I feel you in the warmth of the sun. I breathe you in deep from gentle breezes. I hear you in the songs of birds first thing in the morning and last thing at night. I … Continue reading
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Letter from Heaven
When tomorrow starts without me and I’m not here to see If the sun should rise and find your eyes filled with tears for me. I wish so much you wouldn’t cry the way you did today While thinking of … Continue reading
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Time Limit for Grief
The only people who think there’s a time limit for grief, have never lost a piece of their heart. Take all the time you need. — anonymous —
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Brave and Quiet
“You are so brave and quiet I forget you are suffering.” — Ernest Hemingway
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For Bailey
I hear her voice in the gentleness of the wind, I see her smile in the early morning sunrise, I feel her love in the moon that lights the darkness, I touch her spirit residing in my heart. — Patricia Godwin
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Death and Love
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal. — from a headstone in Ireland
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Miss Me but Let Me Go
When I come to the end of the road, And the sun has set for me, I want no rites in a gloom-filled room, Why cry for a soul set free. Miss me a little, but not too long, and … Continue reading
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To Be Brave
To be Brave as defined by my 11 year old son in the weeks before his death after an 11 month battle with cancer. What does Brave mean? “To never give up and to know that you don’t have a limit … Continue reading
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Apache Blessing
May the sun bring you new energy by day, May the moon softly restore you by night, May the rain wash away your worries, May the breeze blow new strength into your being, May you walk gently through the world … Continue reading
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