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A Night and Day in the Life of a Grieving Mother
Graphics ~by Grieving Mother TeriAnn Sargent, Jerred's Mum
Poem ~by Grieving Mother Angie Prince
The amazing sensitivity of my dear friend from Australia, grieving mother TeriAnn Sargent, beautifully shows through in her graphic creations capturing the angst and hope of her grief over her beloved Jarred. As "luck" or in reality, God's kindness and ingeniousness, would have it, TeriAnn just shared her Facebook site with me today that holds her beautiful creations; I had stumbled onto a couple of these earlier, so you may remember seeing them in my blog before. I hope that our separate works, but very similar grieving hearts will come together for you and minister to your hearts as you grieve your child, and look forward in hope to your reuniting...
A Night and Day in the Life of a Grieving Mother
In my Child-Loss Grief, I seem to struggle
.......In many different ways...
I seem to struggle getting to sleep,
.......Yet then struggle when I awake...
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It seems when I do sleep, either I dream of you where life "is normal,"
.......When in each of my dreams, you're at a different age...
And Life is fun, it is "as we knew it,"
.......Yet when I awaken, the harsh reality I again must face...
Or I'll have nightmares, some in which you're in some kind of trouble,
.......And your life I cannot seem to save...
I awaken, and am left terrorized,
.......Left with a sickened feeling that seems to last all through the day...
Other times, I'll awaken,
.......And cannot seem to focus my mind
To relax, and get some comfort,
.......So I'll grab a book, and read for just a time...
I'll finally go back to sleep then, only to later awake, exhausted,
.......Choppy sleep must surely exhaust the mind...
So on top of that load of tiredness that I carry around all day,
.......It seems I expend an enormous amount of energy
..............Sorting out so many of Grief's broken pieces...
Tangling with Grief's reality
.......In which the ever-present sadness
..............Seems continually to drain life from me...
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And finally, when I do find a bit of energy,
.......My thoughts to you will always go...
As my heart is ever seeking
.......To draw you O so close...
For all day long, my heart does long
.......For you, my love to show.
The Grief and Pain fall upon me like rain,
.......Engulfing my heart and soul in its sad refrain...
I search for Comfort in words, in sayings, in pictures for my blog,
.......To share not only Grief's angst but also our constant and continual Love Story...
That has been growing all along,
.......And I know that Our Love will ever grow...
Culminating eternally when God rejoins us to one another,
.......Precious Child and Mother,
..............Amidst Love's Ever-Encompassing Glory...
And so, my child, I long for then,
.......When God repairs all that's in this world gone wrong,
..............And completes for us, just as He planned, our ever-growing Mother-and-Child Love Song!
O how I long for that Song
.......When our Faith becomes Sight
And God will grant us Love and Peace
.......Forever Day and Night....
And until then, with God's help, I will fight on...
.......Until that Day God takes me Home...
~Special thanks to TeriAnn for sharing her artwork with us!
All Graphics, thanks to TeriAnn Sargent of Australia, Jarred's Mum - can be found on her Facebook page - Be sure to click Like if you enjoy her page. (For those who aren't on Facebook, it is free and easy to register!) TeriAnn's site:
Poem - A Night and Day in the Life of a Grieving Mother - Angie Bennett Prince - 4/24/2013
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