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SARA

So Pure.
A tender soul.
Real innocence
abides within.

You’ve touched many hearts
in a way no other can.
Your brief time here
was part of a master plan.
 
As your sweet soul traverses
its next experience,
know that you are a unique
expression of the Divine Intelligence.
 
Go in peace, little one,
with the comfort of knowing
there was a reason for your being,
with a purpose that is ongoing.
 
We bid you farewell,
never goodbye,
for we’ll meet again
at some yet unknown time.
                                                                  

~Gail Osgood

July/2004

BEVERLY

 

B aby O'mine, here on earth

E ver so short,

V ery sad in your slumber,

E xpecting a place, a

R esting place all your own,

L ie quiet now.....

Y ou are home!

 

~Sandra Scott

July/2004

JORDAN

Tiny fingers
Tiny toes
Little fingers
Precious nose

Tip toe quietly
Soft like a feather
We miss you already
But we are still together

I will smile always
when I hear your name
Your short presence has changed
 who I am forever.
 
~Jennifer Ginsberg
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




LUKE

May you fly to heaven

on the wings of a dove

where you will feel safe,

comfort and love.


You will be in a place
like you never thought
And where it is your happiness

that is sought.

~ Autumn Lisec
August/2004

TIMOTHY

 

God made the sun, the moon, the stars.

He made this wonderful land.

And all the animals, flowers and trees

were made by His own hand.

 

God also made you TIMOTHY.

He made you best of all.

He couldn’t be without you.

That’s why you got His call.

 

We didn’t get to know you.

It would have been so great.

But we’ll think of you every year.

Upon this very date.


 
~Michael P. Burr, Ph.D

July/2004

 

 

JOSEPH

Little Joseph sleeping tight
On a star in heaven tonight
Wrapped in a heavenly robe of white
Halo glistening bright with light

Your time with us was very short
Just a brief stay on our earthly port
Now you romp on heaven's lawns
Each day for you is a childish dawn

When we look up and see a star
We'll know you're winking from afar
Playing tag with us below
We'll be nodding and saying "I know"

I know who is on that star
I know who sees us from afar
I know whose halo shines so bright
I know God's breath warms Joseph tonight

~ Charlotte Murphy-Collins

July/2003


MARK

You were sent from up above
as a gift of god's great love.
 
Now he has chosen
a job especially for you
that you must go home
 to him to do.
 
Even though we know
you cannot stay
We will see you again
in heaven someday
 
May you rest your head now
on an angels wing.
She will keep you safe and warm
and to you a great harmony
 she will sing.
 
Knowing this makes it easier to smile.
We were so blessed
to have you here for a while.
 
~ Autumn Lisec
August/2004

BRUD

 

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


RALPH God looked around His garden and found an empty space.
Then He looked down upon the earth
and saw your tiny face.  He put His arms around you and lifted you to rest. God's Garden must be beautiful, For He only takes the best.  He closed your eyes and whispered,
"Come to Me."
 It broke our hearts to lose you, But you did not go alone, For a part of us went with you,
the day God took you home.

~ Rev. James Dale

July/2004

More poems for the babies

HUGH

Wings that flutter like butterflies,
full of color... radiant.

Freedom under their wings
to soar to beautiful places,
 like you, darling one
.

Freedom flight now belongs to you
as you soar in the beautiful blue sky
full of beauty... , like you.

~Mrs. Najah Clemmons
July 2004