A butterfly lights beside us like a sunbeam,
And for a brief moment its glory and beauty belong to our world.
But then it flies again
And though we wish it could have stayed...
we feel lucky to have seen it.

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 A wife who loses a husband is called a widow.
 A husband who loses a wife is called a widower.
 A child who loses his parents is called an orphan.
 But...there is no word for a parent  who loses a child,
   that's how awful the loss.

Neugeboren

Thinking of you. Happy Father's Day by Tami Blackwell Give 'em a hug, a great big kiss. Because one day, he will be greatly missed. My daddy has gone far away from this land, I miss the precious touch of his loving hands. I never knew last year was the last day, I could look at my daddy, hug him, and say: "I love you, Daddy! Happy Father's Day!" Don't let one day go by without telling him how dear he is! Remember you may not have another year to tell him this! All I have now is great memories, a heart full of love and eyes full of tears, and to remember his love throughout the years. Now I will have to look up at the stars and say, "I love you, Daddy! Happy Father's Day!" Please remember when you pray, to thank your heavenly father up above. For your father he gave you with so much love. "He lived, for Jesus died; He died, for Jesus Lives." Copyright © Tami Blackwell For your girls Dan.

 

       I'm torn and broken
       No matter how I appear to others
       How high I hold my head up
       Or how my words are spoken
       I will never be the same person
        that I used to be
       And no matter how I appear to others
       Head up, strong spoken
       They have no idea who I am
         I am me
        Not who I appear to be

Callie Sanders Thornton

I do not need a special day to bring you to my mind.
The days I do not think of you are very hard to find.
Each morning when I awake I know that you are gone.
And no one knows the heartache as I try to carry on.
My heart still aches with sadness and secret tears still flow.
What it meant to lose you no one will ever know.
My thoughts are always with you, your place no one can fill.
In life I loved you dearly; in death I love you still.

     You were always so full of life.
  Always smiling and carefree,
 Life loved you being a part of it,
 And we loved you being a part of us.
     You could make anyone laugh,
  If they were having a bad day,
     No matter how sad we were,
   You could take the hurt away.
    Nothing could ever stop you,
     Or even make you fall,
  You were ready to take on the world,
     Ready to do it all.
  But God decided he needed you,
     So from this world you left,
   But you took a piece of all of us,
     Our hearts are what you kept.
      Your seat is now empty,
  And it's hard not to see your face,
       But please always know this,
  No one will ever take your place.
       You left without a warning,
        Not even a good-bye,
        And I can't seem to stop,
        Asking the question WHY?
    Nothing will ever be the same,
  The halls are empty without your laughter,
        But I know you are in Heaven,
   Watching over us and looking after.
        I didn't see this coming,
        It hit me by surprise,
    And when you left this world,
    A small part of us died.
  Your smile could brighten anyone's day,
   No matter what they were going through,
  And I know everyday for the rest of our lives,
     We will be missing YOU......

                             No Person Is Ever Truly Alone

    No person is ever truly alone,
      Those who live no more,
         Whom we loved,
    Echo still within our thoughts,
       our words, our hearts.
    And what they did,
    And who they were-
       Becomes a part of all that we are-
             FOREVER......

Richard Fife

Yesterday we all got together, for Andy's birthday, to spend some time with your girls and just be together on this Memorial Day weekend.  Everyone was there but you.  I kept waiting for you to arrive and then i would realize that you weren't coming, you couldn't come even though we wanted you there more than anything.  Everytime we are together there is something missing, that something is you!  Every birthday, holiday, anniversary, get together, it hits me all over again that you are no longer with us.  It is not fair!  All the new memories are absent of you, a void that will never be filled no matter how much time passes.  There is only emptyness.  I miss you so much!

I will never forget you Dan. Iwill always remember when I would come back to visit you would always stop in and we talk and laugh together. I always enjoyed that. You were always so full of life and fun to be around. When you were young you were always a joy. You will always be missed but never ever forgotten. You left a huge hole in many hearts. LOVE YOU  and MISS YOU   

 

Aunt Margie                                       

 

 

     When we miss a loved one,
     They look down from up above,
     and see the tears we shed at holidays,
     And they surround us with their love.

     For now they are with the Savior,
     And if He dwells in your heart,
     Then your loved one is right with you.
     You're not so far apart.

     So don't shed tears of  hopeless sorrow,
     Or drown in self-pity now and then.
     For perhaps our tears should be sprinkles of joy,
     Knowing that we'll be with our loved ones again.


         Sally Suiter

               When you want to cry-
               Request God to help you shed tears.    
               When you want to laugh-
               Request God to give you the freedom.
               When you have a pain to share-
               Request God to be the listener.

God Bless the grieving mother...

on Mother's Day and thru the month of May...

whose memories are like threads of gold...

for they will never tarnish...

or go away.

                                               He Only Took My Hand

    "Last night while I was trying to sleep
     My son's voice did I hear
     I opened my eyes and looked around,  
     But he did not appear.
     He said; "Mom you've got to listen,
     You've got to understand
      God didn't take me from you, Mom
      He only took my hand.
      When I called out in pain,
      The instant that I died,
       He reached down and took my hand,
       And pulled me to His side.
       He pulled me up and saved me
       From the misery and the pain.
       My body was hurt so badly inside,
       I could never be the same.
       My search is really over now,
       I've found happiness within,
       All the answers to my empty dreams
       And all that might have been.
       I love you and I miss you so,
       My body's gone forever,
       But my spirit will never die!
       And so, you must all go on now,
       Just understand-
        God did not take me from you
        He only took my hand.

I still can't bring myself to delete your name and picture from my phone.

BROTHER I sit here and think, my brother is dead, how can you leave me, runs through my head, how can I think this, I love him so much, he is my brother, I need him so much, I sit here and think, of what people will say, gathered round his coffin, death took him away, I shouldn't write this, but I need to tell, how my body's on earth, but my mind is in hell.