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Remembrance (reposted from way back) |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA 
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Remembrance (Dedicated to Laurel) I awoke last night thinking I felt your movements and as my hand traced lazily down my abdomen; I remembered you were gone. The flatness of my belly suddenly felt so foreign; and the memory of you caused my breasts to weep in tears of milk. I reached to clasp the tiny box, containing a foot print card and a lock of your hair, with the same hands that only days before shook as they touched your perfect face. You were born in silence ~ and something inside me died. ------------------ Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints in our heart and we are never ever the same. Thank you all for leaving footprints!! |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Wow Hoot! This was very touching! I'm sorry for your loss. Something no mother wants to experience. God Bless you! (((((HUGS))))) |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Whtdove...I'm sorry I didn't mention I wrote this one for my niece who carried a baby to term only to have it die 2 weeks before her due date...the baby girl, perfect in every way was named Laurel. The loss devastated her and almost destroyed her family. I'm happy to say she is doing somewhat better now. Thank you for your comments though. ------------------ Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints in our heart and we are never ever the same. Thank you all for leaving footprints!! |
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Paul Allen Lupien Member
since 1999-09-09
Posts 114Ferndale,Mi.USA |
Very,very moving.Superb and heart-wrenching. PAL ------------------ |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
This was so very moving and touching Hoot. ------------------ What comes from the heart goes to the heart. Samuel Coleridge |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
thank you for telling me Hoot! It is heart wrenching though. Nothing a mother would want to go through. My sister did the same thing with twins. She went into labor and ended up one of the twins was still born. Jaquelin, she had died 12 hours before birth. It was a very sad day! |
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Pepper Member Elite
since 1999-08-19
Posts 3079Southern Florida |
Hoot...your talent never ceases to amaze me ....this is exceptional... ------------------ May your days be filled with lots of sunshine and your nights lit up by golden moonbeams |
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Beki Senior Member
since 1999-09-15
Posts 1569Newport Beach, CA, USA |
This happened to a friend of mine too, baby died just days before she was due to be delivered. Your niece had keepsakes, something to prove there was a Laurel. That is good. Your poem is very sensitive and well written. Good job. BTW, there are happy stories....one of my closest friends lost a baby at 4 months, was devestated.....a week later when she went to the doctor for a follow up, they heard a heartbeat...there had been twins and they didn't know it, Today that baby is a healthy 7 year old......and a very special blessing. |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
I just want to thank everyone for their kind comments to this poem. I work as a RN in an Obstetrics unit, so I see the effects this type of loss has on people more often than I care to. This is one opportunity my poetry gives me to help others. I've shared this particular piece, as well as another I've written dealing with the same subject, as part of a grieving packet given to parents who have lost an infant. Sometime it helps them to realize that these feelings they are dealing with, often trying hard not to express, are very normal and they are not alone in feeling or expressing them. Once again, thank you all. ------------------ Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints in our heart and we are never ever the same. Thank you all for leaving footprints!! |
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johnt300 Member
since 1999-09-12
Posts 214san diego, ca. |
Hi Ruth, I'm glad you reposted this one from way back. You inspire all of us every day. Beautiful, touching, and very sad poem. Thank you, Ruth. Tyson |
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