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	<title>My Child</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ Well... something bad in the world must be going on because it seems that God needed you more than I do. He made you an angel on Saturday morning and you went up to help Him out on whatever challenge He faced. And I bet you did a great job. Or are doing a great job.

Still.... I miss you.

I was going to write about my experience losing you... but I really don't want to remember it. Instead, I want to remember that feeling I had when I found out I was pregnant with you. I was only 9 weeks (to the day!) pregnant with you when you passed away and it was the best 9 weeks of my life. You made me want to be a better person everyday. And everyday, I got closer and closer to meeting you and I couldn't wait! I wanted to dress you in blue, or pink, and show you off to the world. Christmas was going to be so great this year with you around.

But... sometimes God has other plans. I don't understand them, nor should I.


Your daddy and I were talking in the hospital after you passed away and I was feeling a little better. I needed to name you, even though I didn't know your sex or really anything about you. So... I named you Matthew. Matthew is such a powerful name. The meaning of the name Matthew is Gift Of God. And that's what you were: a gift from God. He had to take you back, but I still feel lucky enough to have gotten to know you for those 9 very short weeks. Also, one of my favourite verses in the bible is Matthew 28:20: “And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” I know He was with me on Saturday.

I know I will see you again. Jeremiah 1:5 says that God knows us while we are still in the womb - which, to me, means you had a soul and that God loved you. So... when I get to heaven, I want to meet you.

Until then, little Matthew, say hello to your great-grandpa for me. Please play with him - he has a lot of energy! ]]><![CDATA[ <br /><br />In Memory Of:  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:32:17 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>When?</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ When will I stop missing you?
When will I stop asking why?
When will I stop hurting?
When will I be able to live without a shadow in my heart?
When....when...when? ]]><![CDATA[ <br /><br />In Memory Of:  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 03:06:36 -0800</pubDate>
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	<title>Little Snowdrop</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ The world may never notice  
If a Snowdrop doesn't bloom,  
Or even pause to wonder  
If the petals fall too soon.  
But every life that ever forms,  
Or ever comes to be,  
Touches the world in some small way  
For all eternity.   

The little one we long for  
Was swiftly here and gone.  
But the love that was then planted  
Is a light that still shines on.  
And though our arms are empty,  
Our hearts know what to do.  
Every beating of our hearts  
Says that we do love you. ]]><![CDATA[ <br /><br />In Memory Of:  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:41:27 -0800</pubDate>
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	<title>A Mother's Prayer/ Affirmation After Miscarriage </title>
	<link>http://www.caringbeyond.ca/article-a-mothers-prayer-affirmation-after-miscarriage</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ In this time of loss I call upon my spirit within to guide me to my strength so that I may find peace and completion. 

I will use this strength to demand of myself and others my need to grieve completely, for this will be my first step to healing. 

During my time of grief I will seek guidance not only from my inner spirit but from loving persons who may offer wisdom and comfort. 

I need to understand that the soul as well as the physical body needs healing and to pay attention to this. I will learn to accept that the soul may never heal completely. 

I will learn to live not in fear and once again see beauty in my world and purpose in my existence. 

In spite of my new knowledge that things happen that cannot be controlled, I must call upon the places within me that tell me I do have control over much of my life and use this control to aid my healing. 

Let me recognize the gift in my ability to conceive and carry life however briefly. 

Let me take joy in my ability to love so deeply and desire to nurture a soul unbeknownst to me. 

Let me find healing in the belief that this soul knew my love for it and that that love helped it to pass to another place. 

Let me honor this short life not only with my love but in finding meaning in its existence. 

Let me recognize this meaning in not only my ability to survive, but in my fullest appreciation of all the moments motherhood will bring me, along with my deeper compassion and sisterhood to other women who've experienced loss. 

Let a part of this soul be reflected in the spirit of my future children, born or adopted, so that I may know it through them. 

I will listen to and trust the place in my deepest heart that tells me I will once again be reunited with this soul and will fulfill the need to hold it in my arms. 

I will help myself to feel comfort in the knowledge that there is a star in heaven that belongs to me.  ]]><![CDATA[ <br /><br />In Memory Of:  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:25:44 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Little Footprints</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ How very softly You tiptoed into my world, Almost silently, Only a moment you stayed.  But what an imprint, Your footprints have left Upon my Heart. ]]><![CDATA[ <br /><br />In Memory Of: Payton Heather Diane Reeve Born Aug 15th 23.5 weeks at 847p passed away 9p ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:36:29 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Cuddled In Heaven</title>
	<link>http://www.caringbeyond.ca/article-cuddled-in-heaven</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ We had so little time to share,
Too soon I had to leave.
I know how much you love me,
I know how much you grieve.

I know how sharp your pain is ,
I feel the aching in your hearts.
My life so quickly ended
Before it barely had a start.

I remember how you loved me,
And kissed my face and hands,
You cuddled me so gently,
But, God had other plans.

I was your perfect angel,
From God you knew I came,
Suddenly he called me home again,
Now God holds my hand.

I know you'll always miss me,
I understand your pain is hard to bear,
Just remember that I'm in heaven
And we'll see each other there.

So smile when you think of me,
and wipe away all of your tears.
I'm cuddle now in heaven
By our family members here.

I'm waiting here in heaven,
And on the day we meet again
I'll be the first to smile and greet you,
When God calls you home to him. ]]><![CDATA[ <br /><br />In Memory Of: Gabrielle Rose Mouland Stillborn February 5, 2008 at 26 weeks ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:29:03 -0800</pubDate>
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	<title>Little Angels</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ When God calls little children 
To dwell with Him above;
We mortals sometime question 
The wisdom of His love.
For no heartache compares with 
The death of one small child 
Who does so much to make our world,
Seem wonderful and mild.
Perhaps God tires of calling 
The aged to his fold,
So He picks a rosebud,
Before it can grow old.
God knows how much we need them,
And so He takes but few 
To make the land of Heaven more 
Beautiful to view.
Believing this is difficult 
Still somehow we must try,
The saddest word mankind knows 
Will always be &quot;Goodbye.&quot;
So when a little child departs,
We who are left behind 
Must realize God loves children,
Angels are hard to find. 
 ]]><![CDATA[ <br /><br />In Memory Of: All Babies Lost ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:54:44 -0800</pubDate>
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	<title>The Tiny Rosebud</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ The Master Gardener 
From heaven above 
Planted a seed 
In the garden of love. 
And from it there grew 
A rosebud small 
That never had time 
To open at all.

For God in His perfect 
And all-wise way 
Chose this rose 
For His heavenly bouquet.
And great was the joy 
Of this tiny rose 
To be the one our Father 
Chose to leave earth's garden 
For one on high 
Where roses bloom always 
And never die.

So while you can't see 
Your precious rose bloom,
You know the great Gardener 
From the upper room 
Is watching and tending 
This wee rose with care,
Tenderly touching 
Each petal so fair.

So think of your darling 
With the angels above,
Secure and contented 
And surrounded by love.
And remember God blessed 
And enriched your lives, too,
For in dying, your darling 
Brought heaven closer to you! ]]><![CDATA[ <br /><br />In Memory Of: Zackery Austin Kirk stillborn May 3, 2003 at 39 weeks from unknown causes. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:53:19 -0800</pubDate>
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	<title>I wonder, Oh I wonder</title>
	<link>http://www.caringbeyond.ca/article-i-wonder-oh-i-wonder</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ I wonder, Oh I wonder, where the little faces go. That come and smile and stay awhile,
and pass like flakes of snow. The dear, wee baby faces that the world has never known, But mothers hide, so tender-eyed deep in the hearts alone.
I love to think that somewhere, in the country we call heaven, the land most fair of anywhere will unto them be given. 
 ]]><![CDATA[ <br /><br />In Memory Of: All Babys Lost ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:12:41 -0800</pubDate>
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