Stories of Lost Children
In Loving Memory
by Lucy Boyer, McLean, IL, U.S.A.
IN LOVING MEMORY
DAVID LEE BOYER
08-04-78 TO 05-10-94 TIME GOES BY SO SWIFTLY
AS THE DAYS JUST SLIP AWAY
WE ARE IN A HURRY FOR TOMORROW
AND DO NOT HEED TODAY. TODAY SHOULD GIVE US JOY
IN ALL ITS BEAUTY AND LOVE
BECAUSE THE TREASURES OF THE MOMENT
ARE SENT FROM HEAVEN ABOVE. AND AS I REMEMBER MY CHILD
WHEN HE WAS A BABY IN MY ARMS
NO OTHER BABY COULD COMPARE
NO ONE ELSE HAD THOSE SPECIAL CHARMS. BUT AMIDST THE JOY AND LAUGHTER
TEARS MUST ALSO FALL.
AND WHEN A CHILD DIES
WE FEEL IT MOST OF ALL. BUT GOD GAVE US A WONDEROUS GIFT
BECAUSE HE GAVE US MEMORIES TO SHARE.
HE LET ME KEEP THE LOVE
ALTHOUGH YOU ARE NO LONGER HERE. SO ON THIS DAY OF REMEMBERING
WHEN YOU LEFT THIS EARTH
I WILL OPEN MY BOOK OF MEMORIES
AND THROUGH MY HEART I WILL SEARCH
FOR ALL THE BEAUTIFUL TREASURES
I WAS GIVEN WHILE YOU WERE HERE.
I WILL REMEMBER THE HUGS AND SMILES
AND WILL PROBABLY SHED A TEAR. GOD HAS GIVEN ME SO MUCH MORE
THAN HE HAS EVER TAKEN AWAY.
HE LETS YOUR MEMORIES LINGER.
IN MY HEART, FOREVER, THEY STAY. I WILL NEVER QUIT MISSING YOU
OR WANTING TO HOLD YOU IN MY ARMS.
NOR WILL I STOP WONDERING WHY
I COULD NOT KEEP YOU FROM HARM. BUT I KNOW WITH A CERTAINTY
THAT YOUR LOVE AND MEMORIES WILL NEVER DEPART.
FOR YOU ARE MY TREASURE, WAITING IN HEAVEN.
MY LOVE FOR YOU, LIES DEEP IN MY HEART. WITH LOVE, DAD, MOM, CHARLES AND ELIZABETH
COPYRIGHT, 2001 BY LUCY BOYER THE 10TH OF MAY IS THE 7TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY SINCE MY SON DIED. SO MANY THINGS HAVE HAPPENED SINCE THEN THAT HAVE SHOWED ME THE BEAUTY AND THE JOY IN HIS LIFE AND DEATH. WE HAVE USED THE LOVE WE HAD FOR HIM TO REACH OUT AND HELP OTHERS. I SOMETIMES THINK THAT THE GREATEST LOSS IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THE LOVE THAT YOU HAVE FOR THAT CHILD AND YOU CANNOT BESTOW IT ON THEM AGAIN. IT SOMETIMES DOES NOT FEEL RIGHT TO "GIVE" THAT TO SOMEONE ELSE, BUT I HAVE FOUND THAT WHEN YOU REACH OUT WITH LOVE, ITMAKES YOUR HEART FULLER. I AM SADDENED BY ALL THE LOSSES AND PRAY DAILY FOR EACH OF THEM. BEING A PARENT IS A FULL TIME JOB AND BEING A BEREAVED PARENT IS A FULL TIME JOB TOO. IT NEVER LEAVES OR GOES AWAY. AND THE ONLY THING THAT KEEPS ME SANE IS REMEMBERING THE LOVE...
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