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

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