When A Little Baby Dies…
- Edgar Albert Guest
When a little baby dies
And the wee form silent lies,
And the little cheeks seem waxen
And the little hands are still,
Then your soul gives way to treason,
And you cry: "O, God, what reason,
O, what justice and what mercy
Have You shown us by Your will?"
"Oh, there are so many here
Of the yellow leaf and sere,
Who are anxious, aye, and ready
To respond unto Your call;
Yet You pass them by unheeding,
And You set our hearts to bleeding!
Oh how bitterly upon us
Do Your vaunted mercies fall!"
Yet some day, in after years,
When Death's angel once more nears,
And the unknown, silent river
Looms as darkly as a pall,
You will hear your baby saying,
"Mamma, come to me, I'm staying
With my arms outstretched to greet you,"
And you'll understand it all.
Prayer of Faith…
We trust that beyond absence
There is a presence.
That beyond the pain
There can be healing.
That beyond the brokenness
There can be wholeness.
That beyond the anger
There may be peace.
That beyond the hurting
There may be forgiveness.
That beyond the silence
There may be the Word.
That beyond the Word
There may be understanding.
That through understanding
There is love.
- Anonymous
When something bad happens
You have three choices …
You can either let it define you.
You can let it destroy you.
Or you can let it strengthen you.
- Anonymous
You never know who
Your real friends are until
Adversity overtakes you
And you need cooperation.
- Napoleon Hill Foundation
Friendship improves happiness
And abates misery,
By the doubling of our joy
And the dividing of our grief.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
There is sacredness in tears.
They are not the mark of weakness,
But of power.
They speak more eloquently than
Ten thousand tongues.
They are the messengers of
Overwhelming grief,
Of deep contrition,
And unspeakable love.
- Washington Irving
The reality is that you
will grieve forever.
You will not “get over”
the loss of a loved one;
You will learn to live with it.
You will heal and you will
rebuild yourself around
The loss you have suffered.
You will be whole again but
you will never be the same.
Nor should you be the same
nor would you want to.
Copyright:
- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Family Limited Partnership
We don’t ‘get over’
The deepest pains of life,
Nor should we.
‘Are you over it?’
Is a question that cannot be asked by
Someone who has been through ‘it’
Whatever ‘it’ is.
It’s an anxious question,
An asking for reassurance that
Cannot be given.
During an average lifetime
There are many pains,
Many grieves to be borne.
We don’t ‘get over’ them;
We learn to live with them,
To go on growing and deepening,
And understanding…
- Madeleine L’ Engle
A Litany of Remembrance…
In the rising of the sun and
in its going down,
we remember them.
In the blowing of the wind and
in the chill of
winter,
we remember them.
In the opening of buds and
in the rebirth of
spring,
we remember them.
In the blueness of the sky and
in the warmth of
summer,
we remember them.
In the rustling of leaves and
in the beauty of
autumn,
we remember them.
In the beginning of the year and
when it ends,
we remember them.
When we are weary and
in need of strength,
we remember them.
When we are lost and
sick at heart,
we remember them.
When we have joys we
yearn to share,
we remember them.
So long as we live,
they too shall live,
For they are now a
part of us,
as we remember them.
- Anonymous
Most people reserve celebration
For some future
"special day."
I choose to celebrate each and
Every day as a
special day.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Choose to celebrate
life…
Celebrate family,
celebrate friends,
Celebrate love,
Celebrate adventure
and discovery.
Celebrate and give thanks for all of life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Life is what you celebrate.
All of it. Even its
end.
- Joanne Harris
Life isn't a matter
of milestones,
But of moments.
- Rose Kennedy
Love is always open arms.
If you close your arms about
Love you will find that you
Are left holding only yourself.
- Leo Buscaglia
What love we've given,
We’ll have forever.
What love we fail to give,
Will be lost for all eternity.
- Leo Buscaglia
No one gets out of this world alive,
So the time to live, learn, care, share,
Celebrate, and love is now.
- Leo Buscaglia
At the end of the day it’s
NOT about what you have
Or even what you’ve accomplished
It’s about who you’ve lifted up,
Who you’ve made better.
It’s about what you’ve given back.
- Denzel Washington
The Lord… Our Helper
1 I will lift up my eyes to the mountains.
Where will my help come from?
2 My help comes from the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth.
3 He will not let your feet go out from under you.
He Who watches over you will not sleep.
4 Listen, He Who watches over Israel will not
close his eyes or sleep.
5 The Lord watches over you.
The Lord is your safe cover at your right hand.
6 The sun will not hurt you during the day and
the moon will not hurt you during the night.
7 The Lord will keep you from all that is sinful.
He will watch over your soul.
8 The Lord will watch over your coming and going,
now and forever.
Psalm 121:1-8
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