A Different Child poem by Pandora MacMillian
People notice
There's a special glow around you. You grow
Surrounded by love,
Never doubting you are wanted;
Only look at the pride and joy
In your mother and father's eyes. And if sometimes
Between the smiles
There's a trace of tears,
One day
You'll understand. You'll understand
There was once another child
A different child
Who was in their hopes and dreams. That child will never outgrow the baby clothes
That child will never keep them up at night
In fact, that child will never be any trouble at all. Except sometimes, in a silent moment,
When mother and father miss so much
That different child. May hope and love wrap you warmly
And may you learn the lesson forever
How infinitely precious
How infinitely fragile
Is this life on earth. One day, as a young man or woman
You may see another mother's tears
Another father's silent grief
Then you, and you alone
Will understand
And offer the greatest comfort. When all hope seems lost,
You will tell them
With great compassion,
"I know how you feel.
I'm only here
Because my mother tried again."
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This is a song that was written by a mom who knew at 20 weeks that her baby had a genetic disorder that would not allow it to live. She carried her little girl to full term and delivered her...she only lived 3 hours. I played it at my son's funeral.
I Will Carry You
There were photographs I wanted to take
Things I wanted to show you
Sing sweet lullabies, wipe your teary eyes
Who could love you like this?
People say that I am brave but I'm not
Truth is I'm barely hanging on
But there's a greater story
Written long before me
Because He loves you like this
So I will carry you
While your heart beats here
Long beyond the empty cradle
Through the coming years
I will carry you
All my life
And I will praise the One Who's chosen me
To carry you
Such a short time
Such a long road
All this madness
But I know
That the silence
Has brought me to His voice
And He says...
I've shown her photographs of time beginning
Walked her through the parted seas
Angel lullabies, no more teary eyes
Who could love her like this?
I will carry you
While your heart beats here
Long beyond the empty cradle
Through the coming years
I will carry you
All your life
And I will praise the One Who's chosen Me
To carry you
OMG!! I was bawling all through Rachael's 'what makes a mother' poem and the Tabitha's 'the other child'. I'm going to have to save those two.
so...I border on computer stupid at times- where do I find the html codes for some of the avitars? and how do I add them to my profile? That's a huge reason I don't even have a pic or anything posted with mine.
I know this thread is a few months old but I found some awesome bible verses that talk about how God knew us and formed us before we were born. I found the following verses on this website: http://www.redeemerlutheranchurch.org/jmc00010.htm
The Lord called me before my birth; from within the womb He called me by name." Isaiah 49:1 (Living Bible)
Jer 1:5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, [and] I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. (KJV)
Rom 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. (KJV)
You were there when I was being formed in utter seclusion. You saw me before I was born, before I began to breathe! Psalm 139:15 (Living Bible)
Oh that I had been an untimely birth, as an infant which never saw the light. Then had I been at rest with kings and counselors of the earth, with princes that had gold. The small and the great are there. Job 3:16 (KJV)
If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years so that the days of his life be many, and his soul be not filled with good...I say that an untimely birth is better than he. He (the untimely or miscarried child) hath not seen the sun, nor known anything; yet this one hath more rest than the other. Ecc. 6:3-5 (KJV)
TINY ANGELS Tiny Angels rest your wings
sit with me for awhile.
How I long to hold your hand,
And see your tender smile.
Tiny Angel, look at me,
I want this image clear....
That I will forget your precious face
Is my biggest fear.
Tiny Angel can you tell me,
Why you have gone away?
You weren't here for very long....
Why is it, you couldn't stay?
Tiny Angel shook his head,
"These things I do not know....
But I do know that you love me,
And that I love you so".
The Cord
We are connected,
My child and I, by
An invisible cord
Not seen by the eye.
It's not like the cord
That connects us 'til birth
This cord can't been seen
By any on Earth.
This cord does it's work
Right from the start.
It binds us together
Attached to my heart.
I know that it's there
Though no one can see
The invisible cord
From my child to me.
The strength of this cord
Is hard to describe.
It can't be destroyed
It can't be denied.
It's stronger than any cord
Man could create
It withstands the test
Can hold any weight.
And though you are gone,
Though you're not here with me,
The cord is still there
But no one can see.
It pulls at my heart
I am bruised...I am sore,
But this cord is my lifeline
As never before.
I am thankful that God
Connects us this way
A mother and child
Death can't take it away!
I hope you ladies like these poems. they made me cry R.I.P HEAVEN mommy misses you so much i love you babygirl
Quoting Samantha Hosea:“ i lost my daughter on aug 5 2010 at 10:24 pm I was 22 weeks and 6 days pregnant, these really are sad and made me cry, but they are true. ”
I had my d&c that day!! Weird to think other mothers coudl be going htrough the same thing I was.. Sorry for you loss...
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