We used 'Hello, Goodbye' by Michael W Smith... It has the name Noah in it, so it was perfect for Noah's funeral... Every word in the song has meaning for us.
__________________________________________________ _____ ~Noah~-2006 (20w5d) 2007 (8w2d)
& 4 earth babies
I just found this thread..Those poems are just beautiful.. There are so many beautiful poems these we had at Taite and Seth's funeral:
What Makes a mother
I thought of you all, I closed my eyes
and prayed to God today.
I asked what makes a Mother
and I know I heard him say,
"A Mother has a baby.
This we know is true."
But God can you be a Mother
when your baby's not with you?
"Yes you can!" He replied
with confidence in His voice,
"I give many women babies,
when they leave is not their choice."
"Some I send for a lifetime
and others for a day.
And some I send to feel your womb
but there's no need to stay."
"I just don't understand this God,
I want my baby here."
He took a deep breath and cleared His throat
and then I saw a tear.
"I wish I could show you
what your child is doing today.
If you could see your child smile
with other children and say.."
"We go to earth to learn our lessons
of love and life and fear.
My mommy loved me oh so much
I got to come straight here."
"I feel so lucky to have a Mom
who has so much love for me
I learned my lesson very quick
My Mommy set me free."
"I miss My Mommy oh so much
but I visit her each day.
When she goes to sleep
on her pillow's where I lay."
"I stroke her hair and kiss her cheek
and whisper in her ear,
Mommy don't be sad today
I'm your baby and I'm here."
"So you see my dear sweet one,
your children are OK.
Your babies are here in my home
and this is where they'll stay."
"They'll wait for you with me
until your lesson is through.
And on the day that you come home
they'll be at the gates for you."
"So now you see what makes a Mother.
It's the feeling in your heart.
It's the love you had so much of
right from the very start."
"Though some on earth may not realize
that you are a Mother until there time is done
They'll be up here with me one day
and know you're the best one."
Too Soon
This was a life that hardly begun
no time to find your place in the sun
no time to do all you could have done
but we loved you enough for a lifetime
No time to enjoy the world and its wealth
No time to take life down off the shelf
no time to sing the song of yourself
though you had enough love for a lifetime
Those who live long endure sadness and tears
but you'll never suffer the sorrowing years
no betrayel, no anger
no hatred, no fears
Just love, only love in your lifetime..
And these one's are some of my faves....
Missing my baby
(by Josie Teather-Lovejoy)
Missing my baby, So so much
Missing his smell, missing his touch
The pains still sharp, The pains still raw, Each day I miss a little more
I've missed him smile, I've missed him laugh, I've missed him splash in the bath.
I've missed him sit, I've missed him stand, I've missed him walk while hold my hand.
I'll never hear him say my name, I'll never watch him off to play.
I miss you darling every day and will do till my dying day.
I Am A Mother
I’ve loved my children right from the start
A feeling that’s filled my entire heart
I went through the labour and suffered the pain
For many long hours with nothing to gain
I’ve spent sleepless nights being awake
Though it’s my heart not my arms that ache
I’ve sat and I’ve wondered of how they would grow
The love of my family that they'd come to know
The sound of their voices as they learn to talk
Watching their steps as they try to walk
I have children that I really love so
I am their mother yet nobody knows
I spent all those months feeling them grow
I’ve lived through it all and have nothing to show
I don’t get invited to chat with young mothers
Because I don’t have a baby like all of the others
I’ve got some stretch marks that I’d like to hide
But I don’t have a pram with a baby inside
The people I’ve known for so many years
They now avoid me, which adds to my tears
I don’t know how long I’ll be feeling like this
But one thing I know my baby I miss
When Mothers Day comes it will be very hard
I won’t have any flowers – not even a card
And just because they're not here with me
I still have babies I wish I could see
But one thing I know and this is for sure
I’ll be their mother for evermore
I lost my child today
I lost my child today.
People came to weep and cry
As I just sat and stared, dry eyed.
They struggled to find words to say
To try and make the pain go away.
I walked the floor in disbelief. I lost my child today.
I lost my child last month.
Most of the people went away.
Some still call and some still stay.
I wait to wake up from this dream
This can't be real--I want to scream.
Yet everything is locked inside,
God, help me, I want to die. I lost my child last month.
I lost my child last year.
Now people, who had come, have gone.
I sit and struggle all day long,
to bear the pain so deep inside.
And now my friends just question, Why?
Why does this mother not move on?
Just sits and sings the same old song.
Good heavens, it has been so long. I lost my child last year.
Time has not moved on for me.
The numbness it has disappeared.
My eyes have now cried many tears.
I see the look upon your face,
" She must move on and leave this place."
Yet I am trapped right here in time.
The songs the same, as is the rhyme,
I lost my child......Today.
Still with you ( Read by my best friend at Taite and Seth's funeral)
I am gone, not by your side, or so I've heard you say
but I am with you more than you know, each and every day
I am there each morning, as you rise to the morning you dread,
I am nestled up beside you each niht when you go to bed
I watch while you are sleeping or lying there awake,
I'm with you when you ask 'How much more can I take?'
I watch with love each time I see you wipe the tears away
I will always be here for the one who thinks of me each day
I see you smile seldon, which is just a way to hide,
know the deep exhausting pain that you feel inside.
I watch you gather all my things to keep the memories alive,
I also know it's the only thing that helps you to survive.
I wish you knew that I was there and I know the pain you feel
I know you have a broken heart that time will never heal.
Just know that I am with you... We really aren't apart
I'm in every breath you take... Nestled in your heart
There are so many more that I love... Sorry for the long post.. Take Care TeniBear, my heart just aches for you at this horrible time... Lots of hugs..
blessed, those are all lovely - I've come across that first one a few times in the past few weeks, but the others were new to me. How true they all are. I may share those on my blog even if it's just so I don't lose them...
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~Noah~-2006 (20w5d)
even if it's just so I don't lose them...
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