June 26...

Sometimes when I dream, I imagine what it would be like to have an almost two year old little boy in our home.  I imagine the laughter, the hugs, the kisses... my heart swells with love and grief once I realize it could never be.

There Is A Special Angel

There is a special Angel in Heaven

that is a part of me.

It is not where I wanted him

but where God wanted him to be.

He was here but just a moment

like a night time shooting star.

And though he is in Heaven

he isn't very far.

He touched the heart of many

like only an Angel can do.

So I send this special message

to the Heaven up above.

Please take care of my Angel

and send him all my love.

-Unknown Author

Father's Day 2012

Let me tell you a story

Dear child of mine

It's a story of you

Just as much of us

You started changing our lives

The moment we found out

That we were to be

Expecting you

We started trying to prepare

Anticipating your arrival

Making plans and wishes

Dreaming of how you would be

We hoped that you'd be

A pretty calm child

Knowing how excitable

Both of us are

Your mother hoped

You wouldn't be as stubborn

As we sometimes are

I hoped you had a small streak

I hoped you had

A talent for music

A love for the art

Your mother hoped

You had my smarts

We dreamed of your room

How it would look

What would be in it

Where you'd sleep

I started making sure

I was planning for you

For the future I wanted

To provide

Now you've left us

Parents still

But without you

Our little angel

I want others to know

Your story too

So that people understand

A parents true love

No matter how long

A child is with us

We are parents still

And forever more

We'll remember the love

We had for our child

No matter how many

Years go by

Their brothers and sisters

Will be told of the one

Missing but never forgotten

Always in our hearts

So know you are loved

Though you are gone

Know you changed us

Know you made us strong

Our love as parents 

Isn't based on one day

But the days we remember 

How you were cherished

And that everyday

You are in our thoughts

Loved and remembered

We are parents 

Because of you

-Father of Chase Austin Miller

http://community.babycenter.com/post/a28168671/a_poem_my_husband_wrote_for_fathers_day

Mother's Day 2012

Angel of My Tears

How do you love a person

who never got to be, 

or try to envision a face 

you never got to see?

How do you mourn the death of one

who never got to live.

When there's nothing to feel good about

and nothing to forgive?

I love you, my little baby,

my companion of the night.

Wandering through my lonely hours,

beautiful and bright.

What does it mean to die before

you ever were born,

to live the lovely night of life

and never see the dawn?

Ah! My little baby,

you lived like anyone!

Life's a burst of joy and pain.

And then like yours, it's done.

I love you, my little baby,

just as if you'd lived for years.

No more, no less, I think of you,

the Angel of my tears.

-Unknown Author

Justin's Name In The Sand

Justin's Name In The Sand at Christian's Beach

Sending Our Love On Your 2nd Angelversary

Today marks 2 years when we said Hello and Goodbye to our son Justin Gabriel. 
Although time never heals anything, I'm reminded everyday 
when I look into my daughter's eyes that after a storm... 
God provides a rainbow...
-Daddy

An Eternal Memory Of A Much Loved Son

This is for someone wonderful

as loved as one could be

for you were everything in life

you meant the world, you see

And sometimes life can be unkind

when hearts are torn in two

but nothing ever could compare

to the pain of losing you

But all the love you left behind

forever will live on

and so until we meet again

rest peacefully, dear Son

-Author Unknown

Butterfly

A butterfly came floating by and I thought I knew his face.

He landed on my shoulder and spread his wings of lace.

I looked and saw him smiling as he winked and flew away,

I'm sure I heard him whisper, "We'll meet again one day".

-Author Unknown

CarlyMarie's Seashore of Remembrance

Another April

We would have given you the world

but you got heaven instead.

-Author Unknown