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Poem: Mom’s Thoughts
June 23, 2008
by Amiee Kate Helms
A few of your possessions left to hold,
But the treasures true,
They lie down deep?
Deep within my heart and soul?.
Deep inside of Me?..
I see your face and you smile at me,
You tease to make me laugh?
I hear your songs? And your music
resonates among my soul?
While your words, ?I love you, Mom?
Echo? in every […]
Poem: Oh the Lies I Have Told!
June 19, 2008
No one knows the pain
That lies behind these smiling eyes
No one sees the tears that are
Buried deep within my heart.
?
Oh the lies I have told!
I am just fine I say.
When the truth is
I can hardly find my way.
?
While in my heart the pain
Grows and grows and grows
With the emptiness of loss
That no one really knows.
?
Over […]
Poem: I Carry Her in My Heart
June 18, 2008
Some people may think that I am insane
Those ones probably have not encountered such pain
The pain of losing a daughter or a son
And knowing that from this life he/she is gone
To wake up in the morning, day after day
And ask “Where is my daughter? Tell me, I pray”
Although I know she is in heaven above
Yet, […]
Memories Flooding My Heart
June 16, 2008
As the cleaning, clearing away and releasing of objects phase of this
grief is continuing….
I just woke up at 4:30 am and could not go back to sleep. I gave up
and went to brush my own teeth and it hit me to clean out the bathroom
cupboards below the counter on Joseph’s side and his shelf in the
medicine chest. It is surreal that the Spiderman bath bubbles, the
Power Ranger, Batman and Spiderman toothbrushes are more reminders of
silly, child centered themes. Yes, even have their own story of the
routines in the daily habit of brushing teeth…with the alphabet ball
playing songs to encourage this longer brushing habit holding the
attention span just a little easier with a built in fun distraction…
Tom Baer: Finding Hope Through Service, The Compassionate Friends
June 12, 2008
Tom Baer shares the story of the murder of his son on his college campus and how he and his wife have given back through the Compassionate Friends. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2008/06/Tom_Baer_061208.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Genesse Gentry: The Compassionate Friends; Finding Hope Through Service
June 12, 2008
Genesse Gentry shares the story of the loss of her daughter and her involvement in The Compassionate Friends. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2010/10/Genesse-Gentry-061208.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Poem: I Always Used to Love April
June 2, 2008
I Used to Always Love April
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I used to always love April
The month you were born
You loved it too
The fifth day is special in my heartBut now it brings a special sorrow
You?d be turning twenty-nine
I lost you at twenty -four
So young
I would love to meet you half way
Somewhere between Heaven and Earth
Just […]
Jewel Sample: Helping Grandchildren Deal With SIDS, Grief and Sibling Loss
May 29, 2008
Jewel Sample talks about Helping Grandchildren Deal With SIDS, Grief and Sibling Loss and shares her book and workbook for kids. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2010/10/Jewel-Sample-0529008.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Poem: I Think of You
May 25, 2008
I Think of You
????????? By Catherine Punton Wilson
I think of you and start to cry,
It breaks my heart that you had to die.
Your final days were filled with even greater pain,
Each day was a struggle, each night a torment
But never did you complain.
Only did you say ” Mom, I want my Normal Life Back”
As the […]
