remembrance
today is a special day for me, it is my daughters birthday. I lost her many years ago. So for all those parents out there who have lost a child I give you this poem. I’ll lend you a child of mine, He said . for you to love while she lives and mourn for when she’s dead, It may be six or seven years, or twenty two or three, But will you, till I come back, take care of her for me? She’ll bring her charms to gladden you, and should her stay be brief, You’ll have her lovely memories as solace for your grief, I cannot promise she will stay, since all from earth return, But there are lessons taught down there, I wish this child to learn. I’ve looked the wide world over in my search for teacher’s true. And from the things that crowd life’s lane I have selected you. Now will you give her all your love, nor think the labour vain, or hate Me when I come to take her back again? I fancied that I heard them say ”Dear Lord Thy will be done For all the joy Thy chid shall bring, the risk of grief we’ll run. We’ll shelter her with tenderness, we’ll love her while we may, For the happiness we’ve known, forever grateful stay. But should the Angels call her hence much sooner than we’ve planned. We’ll brave the bitter grief that comes and try and understand
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Thank you powderpuff…my brother lost a son three hours old….lovely poem…Ann
always means a lot to me Tania, even though she has been gone a long time
Powderpuff, so beautiful but so heart wrenching…….xx
it was sent to me by the undertaker are while after she died, thank you Star
Dear Powderpuff, Thank you for sharing your story along with this very moving poem. Today is my daughter’s birthday too. As the poem says “I’ll lend you a child of mine,” I wish I could do that for you. Laurie xx
thank you Laurie. The pain of the lose never goes away you just learn to live with it, most of the time
Powderpuff, so sorry (((hugs)))) a beautiful poem…xxx
thank you Lani.
That was beautiful powder,and I send you hugs that you missed getting from your daughter.I am sure the hurt is very hard at time A mother should always have her daughter near there is some special love that’s is created between them I think.xxxxxx
thank you Macathy. Its been 44 years but I still remember it as though it was yesterday
Powderpuff, I’m so sorry for your loss. Big hugs to you! xxx
thank you Pam.
So beautiful – I lost my first son 22yrs ago – theres a little hole in my heart that will never heal – its in the shape of my zachary,
I know what you mean Sunsip. She was only six and you never forget. thank you
Thanks for sharing the beautiful poem to help others, even while you are hurting. My heart goes out to you and all others here who have lost a child.
Thank you KayBee.
Thank you Powderpuff for your poem . we don’t think we can get through the loss of a child , it gets more bearable ,time eases the pain,it doesn’t go away. To any chatter who lives with this as I do god bless you xx
thank you Sallysue.
I passed this on to a friend of mine who lost her son in the war. We both had a good cry over it. He was like a second son to me so my life hasn’t been the same since he was killed.
Thank you for sharing. it is a tragic loss indeed. May you be warmed by God’s blessings.
thank you Csweet. I’m glad to share with you and I hope it helped