Shattered Dreams, Broken Hearts ( Reposted with a prayer request)

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hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius

since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

0 posted 2003-08-04 09:12 PM

Dear Friend,
I ask your help tonight in praying for a patient of mine who today, after 7 miscarriages, lost baby number 8 at nearly 28 weeks. My heart breaks for this wonderful couple who have tried so hard to have a child and just as they had once again begun to hope have now found those hopes, those dreams, shattered. I'm afraid they will need all the prayers and all the strength that we can offer up to them in the coming days.
Thank you,
Ruth

Shattered Dreams, Broken Hearts

You entered this world
bathed
in a sea of amniotic fluid
and blood.

The delivery room
echoed
with cries
of despair
that came from my mouth.

Our dreams had come true,
and shattered
all at the same time;
when, rather than being born
into life,
you were born
dead.

Instead of being baptized
in the light of a stained glass window,
as angels watched on;
you were baptized
in the stark glow
of an antiseptic hospital room
by an angel in white;
who carefully bathed your body
then gave you back to me,
swaddled in a nest of blankets;
but there were no cries
to soothe.

I placed you next to me;
sheltered you against my rounded breasts
full of milk
to nourish your lifeless body.

My hands
lightly traced across the milky whiteness
of your still warm flesh
and gently stroked
your thick, black hair.
I placed my finger on your palm,
longing to feel
your tiny hands encircle it
and wept
when, like you,
they didn’t move.

Liquid mirrors of tears
ran in rivers
down my cheeks
catching the light
and reflecting my grief.

I held you,
for a brief time;
my eyes and hands
memorizing each bit of you,
till your picture
was emblazoned in my mind.

Then,
with a broken heart,
I gave you,
my angel,
up to God,
whose heart
was the first to break.

[This message has been edited by hoot_owl_rn (08-04-2003 09:13 PM).]

Martie

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

1 posted 2003-08-04 09:20 PM

Ruth...This couple will be in my thoughts..your poem tells so well of the anguish of loosing a child this way. May time bring them peace, and one day, understanding.

Lexia
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since 2003-07-20

Posts 111
Nowhere

2 posted 2003-08-04 10:02 PM

Wow...you've really captured the emotions in this piece well. This couple will be in my thoughts and prayers.

Thank you for sharing.

lucky
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since 2000-01-17

Posts 1601
Idaho

3 posted 2003-08-04 10:57 PM

dearset,

I guess if anybody had the insite they would know there is a reason Rosemay and I have adopted... (the poems of April Dawn) etc. I'll send some some prayers... and I'l send my best ones too. I know the emptyness and heartbreak this brings between lovers.

'tis done, dale

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

4 posted 2003-08-05 03:49 AM

I join hands in prayer

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

5 posted 2003-08-05 10:45 AM

Through tears, I promise my prayers.

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

6 posted 2003-08-05 10:52 AM

Again, your compassion shows through. I don't know how you do it, Ruth - I realize that there are so many days filled with wondrous births - but it must take thousands of them to get you through an event such as this. Yes, the family has my prayers...and you do too, to keep your spirits up through times such as these.

God Bless you All....

SharaRose
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since 2003-07-19

Posts 2501
Somewhere out there~

7 posted 2003-08-05 11:02 AM

SharaRose @-->--

Of sound, and speech let all lift the hearer!

DawnG

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since 2000-06-23

Posts 1494
United States

8 posted 2003-08-07 12:30 PM

Ruth,

Although this is a sad poem you have penned here, it is also a beautiful tribute to this couple as well. I hope maybe they can find some solace in it someday. My thoughts are also with them.

Dawn

angelblueyes
Member Elite

since 2003-07-19

Posts 2148
Oklahoma

9 posted 2003-08-07 12:38 PM

Ruth, this is such a sad, but heartfelt write.I hope that they may find solace in your words and support.I join in the hands of prayers and the wishes that all will be well.
angelblueyes

Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

10 posted 2003-09-19 05:46 PM

(tears fall down my cheeks) Oh Ruth, there are no words to express how deeply sorry I am to hear of this mother and father's misfortune, dearest friend, I send them all the angel hugs and prayers I possibly can in hope they can be comforted and hope to finally have a healthy and precious child they can love without the fear of losing! (wipes tears) God Bless You, sweet friend, know that all our angel hugs are embracing their hearts and the angels and God are crying with them, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Ruth, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

I don't need no proof when it comes to God and truth
I can see the sun set and I perceive

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