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Oh tiny heart

so simple
and
so pure
Fly now on swift
wings of light
at last
to heaven's door




TYLER

You’ve waited so long, to be returned home,
We’re lucky that we came along.
We’ve worked really hard
 to learn what to do

We know that its time to let go.

When ladies become mothers,
their greatest joy

is to hear their first baby cry.
But you didn’t get the chance
to have your say

God wanted you home right away.

Baby cries are like symphonies
to a mother’s heart,

it warms her and makes her feel whole
I know that your mom was sad to let go.
I guess she just didn’t know what to do.

We’re here to say, So long!
We’ll miss you my sweet,
We know you are anxious to go,
Just give us a chance to say we are sad
We love you and bid you adieu.
 
May Angels guard you through the night
And wake you with the morning light.
God Bless you Tyler!

 ~Elissa Davey
October 1999


KATE

A gift from heaven to those on earth -
A precious baby delivered in birth.

A smile, a coo, so sweet as can be.
The joy of your presence-
the sound of your glee.

Too soon to leave from
this world we know.
You were meant to be loved
not to come and go.

May the angels enfold and
the Saints all embrace
Your charm and beauty
that shows in your face.

Your new home is filled with
laughter and love
And every good blessing
from God up above.

~Mary Skowronski
March 2008

 

DONALD

Thank you for the home you made me
Thank you for the love you gave me
I have a soft and lovely nest
A bed of soft linen and a toy just for me
I now can take my flight home
to my final rest

I see angles about me sending me love
faces of many colors and smiles above
I am surrounded by people that value me
I see new friends that will shoulder me
Friends I will make when my new journey ends

I thank you by saying "I will not be alone"
I will bring your goodness with me
I am safe and going home

I am in my home made of comforting warmth
Bathed in serenity straight from the heart
Warmth made out of love
from kind hands & kind souls
I feel comfy and well cared for
because you came to care




I bring thanks to you
for making my journey
safe and secure
my heart is warmed
my life will go on

I am happy now and never alone
You came to love me
So that I could be taken home

Thank you for helping my tiny soul
I see many friends that to held your hand
I welcome their new faces
on my journey to a new land
Filled with happiness and love

Thank you for caring
when I was alone,
you gave me love and kindness
and above all, you taught me
There is love in the world
for every soul

Linda Roller Sobolewski
July/2004


Charlie Imes sings at a service

BERNADINE
 

Heavenly eyes with a softened glow
Brightly glisten in hearts of pure gold
Beautiful melody of wonder, a life brings
Precious and miraculous to treasure and hold
 
Too soon taken from a world of mystery
For God's plan for angels is of a different kind
A new place of promise and light of love
Holds far greater things then possible in the mind 

A gentle spirit lives on through different means
Soft cool breezes brush sorrowful lashes calmly
Drying tears shed for innocent little angels
Whose beauty is like dark nights when stars begin falling
 
Laid to rest with thoughts of peace and comfort
The Lord's arms protect and guide with truth and confidence
Sleep dear sweet angel, rest by His side
Let your soul soar high above the Garden of Innocence
 
~Unknown author
July/2004

 


JOY

 
Little Joy, our shining light
On a star so big and bright.
Little was your earthly stay.
How sad we are you went away. 

Are you wandering by a lake
or a pond, asleep or awake?
Or sitting on a granite stone
enjoying your loving and peaceful home.
 
See the blossoms green and red
Sunshine spilled on flowerbeds.
Our loving Father close to you
and Mary our Mother is close too.

The radiant sun is endlessly shining.
The sky is a beautiful baby blue
and now we say goodbye to you.
We will always be here,
 what ever you do.

 
~Alekandra Linsgren

July/2004


 

JAMES

 

Angels Wings

Soft and precious

fall softly on your face

wipe away your tears

surrounded by His grace

 

Angels come to you now

to kiss away your pain

softly touching your face

like warm sunshine

Summer day forever

Angel kisses.... Angel kisses

Giving you brand new daydreams.

 

~Mrs. Najah Clemmons

July/2004


CARMALITA

 

Absent are their voices,

their smiles, their presence,

Absent is her voice, 

Did it sound like a song bird?

Sweet, clear and cheerful? 

The littel baby giggle we will miss.

Only God knows.

 

Absent is her smile

making the day bright

Did she have dimples?

maybe a little crook at the

corner of her mouth?

Only God knows!

 

Absent is the present

of a toddler running

What stature would she

 have had in this world?

Only God knows.

 




What we do know is that

little Carmalita is in heaven

with her maker, her Lord,

her God her savior.


Carmalita using her voice,

talking to God you see,

and she is smiling when

God cradles her in his loving arms.


Carmalita is there where we all want to be

and she is running through the fields of paradise.


Eternal peace and everlasting life was promised

and now Carmalita has her reward.

How happy she must be.

 

~Margaret Paton

April/2000





Tiny babes of Garden of Innocence, 

      you touched our lives, so deeply

           With your innocence and your beauty

You remind us how precious life can be

       No matter how brief

                                    In your honor,

                we pray every day and thank God

       You will always be remembered.


NATALIE

Here you lie a breathless flower
never to know your finest hour.
Bourne up to Heaven with loving prayer
to the arms of God who awaits you there.

We on earth shed quiet tears
Because you’ve lost your precious years
Of play and school and life career.

God does work in mysterious ways
and  perhaps has reason
to eclipse your days.

We so sincerely hope it is true
that the best is still awaiting you.
So goodbye little girl - fly like the doves,
fly to Heaven on the wings of our love.

~M. J. Hennessy
December 2001

STARR

Short was your life
So we will never know you,
We know in our hearts you
are at peace in God’s love.
Alone you will never be.
God Bless you.

~Rebecca Melendez
October 1999

STARR

I want to be an Angel
and with the angels stand.
A crown upon my forehead,
A harp within my hand.

~Urania Bailey
October 1999


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