***********************************

You were a gift sent straight from Heaven.
Given to us from God above.
We didn't know how much you would teach us
About the meaning of true love...
For true love sometimes means letting go
Of someone precious and dear.
That is what we were forced to do...
Although we wanted to keep you here!!!
However, this is quite a selfish wish.
One we know we should ignore...
But, sweet (babies name), we truly do believe
That God must have needed you more...
Perhaps to be an Angel now,
Full of wisdom and love...
Watching over those of us who love you
From the shining stars above.
We miss you more than you can know.
You will never be replaced...
In our hearts and memories forever,
Will be your sweet and innocent sleeping face.

************************************************

If Roses grow in Heaven,
Lord please pick a bunch for me
Place them in my Mother's arms
And tell her they're from me
Tell her I love her and miss her
And when she turns to smile
Place a kiss upon her cheek
And hold her for awhile
Because remembering her is easy,
I do it every day
But there's an ache within my heart
Because I am missing her today...

*************************************

Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am a diamond glint of snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awake in the morning hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush
of quiet birds in circling flight.
I am the soft star shine at night.
Do not stand by my grave and cry
I am not there...
I did not die.

*********************************************

I’d like the memory of me
to be a happy one,
I’d like to leave an afterglow
of smiles when life is done..
I’d like to leave an echo
whispering softly down the ways,
Of happy times and laughing times
and bright and sunny days.
I’d like the tears of those who grieve,
to dry before the sun,
Of happy memories that I leave behind
When life is done.

**************************************

This day will be a celebration
Of the short time you were here.
You will always be remembered
With great love and many tears.
But to only feel pain and sorrow
Would not be fair to you.
Your life meant so much more to us,
More than words could say.
You were here so briefly,
I wonder if you knew
All the ways you’ve touched
Our world and our hearts
And everyone who knew you
Since the day God called you home.
Now my child, you’re an angel
With your heavenly Father above,
We see not only what we’ve lost
But our capacity of love.
There will always be a big void
In our life and a hole in our
Hearts that will never heal.
Our souls will grieve forever.
Will we forget or stop loving you?
No! Not now…not ever.
As this day is upon us,
oh, how our hearts still hurt.
But even as I mourn your death,
we will always celebrate your birth.
It was the happiest day of our lives.

****************************************************

The Lord is my Shepherd: I shall not want
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the
Paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the
Shadow of death. I will fear no evil:
For thou art with me: thy rod and
Thy staff they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the
Presence of mine enemies:
Thou anointest my head with oil:
My cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow
Me all the days of my life: and I will
Dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

***********************************************

“The Best”

God saw you getting tired
and a cure was not to be.
So He put His arms around you
and He whispered “Come to Me”
With tearful eyes we watched you.
We watched you fade away.
Although we loved you dearly,
We could not make you stay.
A golden heart stopped beating,
Hard-working hands at rest.
God broke our hearts to prove to us,
He chose to take the best.
It’s lonesome here without you
we miss you more each day.
Life doesn’t seem the same
since you have gone away.
When days are sad and lonely
and everything goes wrong,
we seem to hear you whisper
“Cheer Up and Carry On”
Each time we see your picture
you seem to smile and say,
“Don’t cry, I’m in God’s hands,
we’ll meet again someday!”

********************************

The moment that you died
my heart was torn in two,
one side filled with heartache,
the other died with you.
I often lie awake at night,
when the world is fast asleep,
and take a walk down memory lane,
with tears upon my cheeks.
Remembering you is easy,
I do it everyday,
but missing you is heartache
that never goes away.
I hold you tightly within my heart
and there you will remain.

**********************************

To the Child in my Heart

O precious tiny sweet little one you will always be to me,
so perfect pure and innocent just as you were meant to be.
We dreamed of you and of your life and all that it would be,
we waited and longed for you to come and join our family.
We never had the chance to play, to laugh to rock to wiggle,
we long to hold you, touch you now and listen to you giggle.
I will always be your mother, he'll always be your dad,
you will always be our child, the child that we had.
But now your gone...but yet your here,
we'll sense you everywhere,
you are our sorrow and our joy there's love in every tear.
Just know our love goes deep and strong,
we'll forget you never.
The child we had, but never had and yet we'll have forever.

**************************************************
Don't grieve for me, for now I'm free
I'm following the path God has laid you see.
I took his hand when I heard His call
I turned my back and left it all.
I could not stay another day,
To laugh, to love, to work or play.
Tasks left undone must stay that way.
I found peace at the close of day.
If my parting has left a void
Then fill it with remembered joys.
A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss,
O yes, these things I too will miss.
Be not burdened with times of sorrow.
I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow.
My life's been full, I savored much,
Good friends, good times, a loved one's touch.
Perhaps my time seemed all too brief,
Don't lengthen it now with undue grief.
Lift up your hearts and peace to thee,
God wanted me now, He set me free.

*********************************************

This time tomorrow night you'll be
A thousand miles away from me
Though you will be far away
I'll be dreaming of the day
When you come back home to me
Flying back across the sea
Flying home, no more to part
Flying back to me, sweetheart

Though I know you have to go
I am gonna miss you so
So think of me while we're apart
And I will keep you in my heart
I'll be dreaming of the day
Dreaming of the day you'll say
I'm flying back, no more to part
Flying back to you, sweetheart

The time has come to say goodbye
So leave me now for you must fly
I'll keep dreamin' of the day
Dreamin' of the day you'll say
I'm flying back, no more to part
I'm flying back to you, sweetheart

************************************

Got a picture of you I carry in my heart,
Close my eyes to see it when the world gets dark,
Got a memory of you I carry in my soul,
I wrap it close around me when the nights get cold,
If you ask me how I'm doing I'd say just fine,
But the truth is, if you could read my mind,
Not a day goes by, that I don't think of you,
After all this time, you're still with me it's true,
Somehow you remain, locked so deep inside,
Not a day goes by...

********************************************

I lit a candle tonight, in honor of you
Remembering your life, and all the times we'd been through.
Such a small little light the candle made
Until I realized how much in darkness it lit the way.
All the tears I've cried in all my grief and pain
What a garden they grew, watered with human rain.
I sometimes can't see beyond the moment, in hopeless despair.
But then your memory sustains me, in heartaches repair.
I can wait for the tomorrow, when my sorrows ease
Until then I'll light this candle, and let my memories run free.

**********************************************

She wasn't a hero known by the world
But a hero she was to his little girl
I knew her voice before I could speak
And loved it when she would sing me to sleep.
She taught us life's lessons of right from wrong
And instilled in us values that we might be strong.
And so through the years like a hero she stood
Working to give all that she could.
Her presence was important and we loved to seeher smile
For no one in the world could emulate his/her style.
And so dear Mum my best memory to recall
Is the gift of your presence
The greatest gift of all.

***************************************
Message from Heaven

I still hear the songs
I still see the lights
I still feel your love
I still share your hopes
And all of your cares
I'll even remind you
To please say your prayers
I just want to tell you
You still make me proud
You stand head and shoulders
Above the crowd
Keep trying each moment
To stay in his grace
I came here before you
To help set your place
You don't have to be
Perfect all of the time
He forgives you the slip
If you continue to climb
To my family and friends
Please be thankful today
I'm still close beside you
In a new special way
As I am now beside Jesus
In the heaven’s above
Please take care of each other
We send you our love

************************************
A Visitor From Heaven

A visitor from heaven If only for awhile
A gift of love to be returned we think of you and smile
A visitor from heaven accompanied by grace
Reminding of a better love and of a better place
With aching hearts and empty arms we send you with a name
It hurts so much to let you go but we're so glad you came
We're so glad you came a visitor from heaven
If only for a day we thank Him for the time He gave
And now it's time to say we trust you to the Fathers love
And to His tender care held in the everlasting arms
And we're so glad you're there we're so glad you're there
With breaking hearts and open hands we send you with a name
It hurts so much to let you go but we're so glad you came
We're so glad you came

*****************************************
The Cord

We are connected, my child and I,
By an invisible cord not seen by the eye.
It's not like the cord that connected us 'till birth,
This cord can't be seen by anyone on earth.
This cord does its work, right from the start,
It bonds us together, attached at the heart.
I know that its there though no one can see,
The invisible cord, from my child to me.
The strength of this cord, it's hard to describe.
It can't be destroyed, it can't be denied.
It's stronger than any cord, man could create,
It withstands the tests, can hold any weight.
And though you are gone, not here with me,
The cord is still there, but no one can see.
It pulls at my heart, I am bruised....I am sore,
But this cord is my lifeline, as never before.
I am thankful that God connected this way,
A mother and a child, death can't take it away!

*******************************************

I am home in heaven dear ones,
Oh so happy and so bright.
There is perfect joy and beauty,In this everlasting light.
All the pain and grief is over,
Every restless yearning past.
I am now at peace forever,
Safely home in heaven at last.
Dear ones, do not grieve so sorely,
For I love you dearly still.
Try to look beyond earth's shadow,
Pray to trust our father's will.
There is work still waiting for you,
So you must not idly stand.
When the work is all completed,
He will gently call you home.
Oh, the rapture of that meeting!
Oh, the joy to see you come!

*********************************
If tears could build a stairway
and memories a lane
I would walk right up to Heaven
and bring you back again

No farewell words were spoken
No time to say ‘goodbye’
You were gone before I knew it
and only God knows why

My heart still ache in sadness
and secret tears will flow
What it meant to love you -
No one can ever know

But now I know you want me
to mourn for you no more
To remember all the happy times
life still has much in store

Since you'll never be forgotten
I pledge to you today -
A hallowed place within my heart
is where you'll always stay

****************************************

Remembrance

You can shed tears that she is gone,
Or you can smile because she has lived.
You can close your eyes
And pray that she'll come back,
Or you can open your eyes
And see all she has left.
Your heart can be empty
Because you can't see her
Or you can be full of
The love 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 her/him
And only that she's gone,
Or you can cherish
Her memory and let it live on.
You can cry and close your mind,
Be empty and turn your back,
Or you can do what she'd want:
Smile, Open Your Eyes,
Love and Go on.

*****************************************