Saturday, March 10, 2012

Saturday's Sayings - Missing You . . .






Saturday's Sayings

Missing You . . .







Missing You


No words I write can ever say,

How much I miss you every day.

As time goes by the loneliness grows,

How I miss you, nobody knows!

I think of you in silence, I often speak your name.

But all I have are memories and photos in a frame.

No one knows my sorrow. No one sees me weep.

But the love I have for you,

Is in my heart to keep.

I’ve never stopped loving you—I know I never will.

Deep inside my heart, you are with me still.

Heartaches in this world are many,

But mine is worse than any.

My heart still aches as I whisper low,

"I love you and I miss you so."

The things we feel so deeply, are often the hardest things to say.

But I just can't keep quiet any more, so I'll tell you anyway.

There is a place in my heart, that no one else can fill.

I love you so, my precious girl

And I always will.


~Author unknown





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~Thank you to Grieving Mother, L. L.





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"And can it be that in a world so full and busy the loss of one creature makes a void so wide and deep that nothing but the width and depth of eternity can fill it up!"

~Charles Dickens (1812-1870)



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From Grieving Mothers:

You are not the same person you were before. Too much has changed within and without. Do not try to fall back into the same patterns because you will only struggle to fit into a lifestyle that no longer fits. In order to live this new life, you must first identify the areas of your life that you struggle with, and then take steps to learn how to move forward in those areas. For instance, you might find yourself in new situations that you are not comfortable in without your loved one, or you might have new responsibilities that you do not know how to fulfill because your loved one used to take care of them for you.

Here is where you need to grow. God will provide what you need to experience true growth. Pray for wisdom as you develop new patterns of living.

Gretchen says, "My husband could talk to anybody about anything for any length of time, and I just always let him do it. I wasn't a big talker, but the Lord gave me some of that talking ability after he died. And I've been grateful for that because I was very happy in just letting my husband carry the conversation with people. Now, every time I go to something that I really wished I didn't have to go to, I just call on the Lord. The Lord is so faithful. Every single time I get through it and wind up enjoying it."

By God's grace you can be changed. You do not have to try and be the person you were before, because that is not possible. Instead . . .

"Put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator" (Colossians 3:10).

Lord, even though I don't necessarily want to change, I know that I must. Give me confidence and wisdom in the areas that I struggle with. Amen.


~Grieving Mother, K.H.A.



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"It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone."


~Rose Kennedy




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"TAKE AWAY"


Instead of birthday gifts for me

Come take some things away.

There's so much here that I don't want

So please don't give... just take.


Take away my knowledge

Of funerals, and urns, and graves.

And take away the guilt I have

For not being with him to save.


Take away these inward screams

That resonate his death.

And take away my begging

To give him back his breath.


Take away this heartache

That leaves me living in pain.

And take away the last 2 years

To when this sadness came.


Take away this loneliness

That stays throughout the year.

And take away this horror

That just won't disappear.


Take away that empty space

He no longer occupies.

And take away these tears of mine

That forever fill my eyes.


Take away this silence

That reminds me that he's gone.

And take away my wondering

How things could be so wrong.


Take away my questions why

That cause never ending grief.

And take away my doubting

That has shattered my beliefs.


Take away most anything,

Especially his death...

But PLEASE don't take my memories,

They're all that I have left.

by Christine Ross

~Thank you Grieving Mothers for sharing



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"Mourning is one of the most profound human experiences that it is possible to have... The deep capacity to weep for the loss of a loved one and to continue to treasure the memory of that loss is one of our noblest human traits."


~Shneidman (1980)



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A MOTHERS LETTER TO HEAVEN"



I SIT AND WRITE THIS LETTER

WITH TEARS RUNNING DOWN MY FACE

BUT I KNOW DEEP IN MY HEART

YOU ARE IN A SPECIAL PLACE


I THINK BACK TO THE TIME

WHEN GOD GAVE YOU TO ME

I HELD YOU IN MY ARMS

AS HAPPY AS I COULD BE


FIRST WORDS FIRST STEP FIRST SMILE

I WAS THERE TO SEE YOU GROW

YOU GAVE ME SUCH HAPPINESS

MORE THAN YOU WILL EVER KNOW


TEENAGE YEARS YOU HAD YOUR FEARS

BUT TOGETHER WE GOT THROUGH

IN GOOD TIMES AND IN BAD TIMES

I WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR YOU


I WATCH YOU GROW AND LOVED YOU SO

SO PROUD OF WHAT YOU HAD BECOME

YOU WOULD ALWAYS BE MY BABY

AND I WILL ALWAYS BE YOUR MUM


THE DAY YOU DIED HOW MUCH I CRIED

MY HEART WAS BROKE IN TWO

HOW COULD I LIVE IN A WORLD

HOW COULD I GO ON WITHOUT YOU


BUT I KNOW YOU ARE STILL HERE

I FEEL YOU NEAR ME EVERYDAY

YOU LEAVE WHITE FEATHERS EVERYWHERE

I KNOW YOUR NEVER FAR AWAY


I SWEAR I HEAR YOUR VOICE

TELLING ME I LOVE YOU MUM

ONE DAY WE WE WILL BE TOGETHER

I KNOW THAT DAY WILL COME


REST IN PEACE MY CHILD

I SEND THIS LETTER WITH ALL MY LOVE

UPON THE WINGS OF AN ANGEL

TO HEAVEN UP ABOVE


KNOWING DEATH IS NOT THE END

HELPS TO EASE THE PAIN

BY HEAVENS GATE I KNOW YOU WAIT

TILL WE ARE TOGETHER ONCE AGAIN

Copyright©JohnConnor

~via The Compassionate Friends



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Have Faith that things will get better.

And never Ever give up.

You may be feeling overwhelmed right now;

There may be so much chaos in your mind, that you can't think straight.

You may be feeling, confused, uncertain - maybe a little afraid.

Don't worry. It will get better. It is already getting better.

With every Positive Choice you decide to make;

Everything Positive you read, absorb, reflect on, meditate over.


Let your worries, anxieties and stress melt away.

Do not give them the Power to control your thoughts.

Everything Good is coming to you. Have Faith.

Sometimes it's when we hit Rock Bottom;

Is when we Realize that the only way is up.

Sometimes, it gets the Darkest just before Dawn.

The Prettiest Rainbows appear after the Biggest Storms subside.

Don't let any Cloudy Skies, fade the Beautiful light;

Of your Precious Soul.


Believe, and Know everything will be okay.

Focus on every Good thing that Makes you feel better.

And Build up Your own Positive Moments Step by Step.

Soon, it will Transform into Your Reality.


Be Strong and Follow your Bliss.

Have a Beautiful, Positive day.


~ © Kiran Shaikh 2012

~via Grieving Mothers



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Photos, thanks to Grieving Mothers, and Grieving Mother Jill Compton
Photo: by "PEACE BE STILL" (picture with the cross) (also first picture, above the title)

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