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A Lullaby for Caelie Marie
by her mother
Sleep, my baby, sleep
Safe here in my arms
Mommy’s here and Daddy’s here
We will keep you from harm
So darling…
Sleep, little one, sleep
All your pain has passed
Time suspends in our embrace
You are safe in my arms at last
Did you have Daddy’s eyes?
Did you have Mommy’s smile?
What did you wish you could say to us
Of your life?
Oh, my love
Sleep, my baby, sleep
Love bleeds from my soul
With one kiss I am undone
You have given us more than you know
Did you have Daddy’s eyes?
Did you have Mommy’s smile?
What words can say what you mean to me?
All my life
All my love
So, sleep, sweet angel sleep
Loved true from the start
Peace is yours forever now
You will always be safe
In my heart.
The
Bereaved Mother
To those of you who look away when I grow teary eyed
in the baby department,look a little deeper.
Surely you have some compassion in your heart.
To those of you who change the subject when I speak
my child's name, change your way of thinking.
It may just change your whole life.
To those of you who roll your eyes and say we barely
had them at all, how
could we miss them so much, in our hearts we have
seen them live a thousand times. We have seen their
first steps, first day of school, their weddings,
and their children. We have had them forever in our
minds.
To those who say we can have another, even if we had
twenty more they would never be the child we lost,
and we will always miss them.
To those who say get on with my life, I have. It is
a different life, the
life of a grieving mother. One with a tremendous
amount to be thankful for, but also one with a lot
to mourn the loss of.
Do not judge a bereaved mother. She comes in many
forms. She is breathing, but she is dying. She
may look young, but inside she has become ancient.
She smiles, but her heart throbs.
She walks, she talks, she cooks, she cleans, she
works, she IS, but she is
NOT, all at once. She is here, but part of her
is elsewhere for eternity.
Do not dismiss us: we have shaped more than just the
future generation.
We have released all the tiny angels who are
watching over you.
Open your eyes to us, and you just might see them.
~ Author Unknown
Dylan's
Mommy ©
Forget me not
My little one
You have left us too soon
Though my body can no longer hold you
I hold you forever in my heart
As precious and beautiful as this flower caught in
time
A mother's love does not forget
~Elaine
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