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My husband and I lost our beautiful daughter, Kaitlyn Rose at 24 weeks gestation. She was stillborn on January 17, 2009 at 11:43pm. I would like to share my journey with others, in the hope that it may help others understand, and comfort those who have experienced a similar loss.
Kaitlyn Rose
January 17, 2009
Born at 24 weeks gestation
255 grams
If roses grow in Heaven, Lord,
Please pick a bunch for me.
Place them in my baby's arms
And tell her they're from me.
Tell her that I love her,
And when she turns to smile,
Place a kiss upon her cheek
And hold her for awhile.
Because remembering her is easy,
I do it every day
But there's a pain within my heart
That will never go away.
We cannot care for you the way we wanted, or cradle you or listen to your cry;
but separated as we are by silence, our love will not die.
We cannot watch you growing into childhood, and find a new uniqueness every day;
but special as you would have been among us, forever you still will stay.
So through the mess of anger, grief and tiredness, through tensions which are not yet reconciled,
we give to God the worship of our sorrow and you, our dear child.
Lord, in your arms which cradle all creation we rest and place our baby beyond death
believing that she now, alive in heaven, breathes with your own breath.
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