October 26, 2006-February 7, 2007
Always Our Daughter In Our Hearts
God, Take This Child....
by Nancy Scott
Sweet child whom we never really got to know,
It’s hard for us to let you go.
We waited and we wanted you.
We had so many dreams for you.
We think of smiles we'll never see.
We think of events that will never be.
There will be no first steps and no first teeth.
There is only a void and our own grief.
We planned to take you to places far and near.
We yearned to keep you safe and free from fear.
We hoped to show you much of your new world.
We wanted to teach you as your life unfurled.
It’s hard to understand why you, our baby, died.
We feel so numb right now, many tears we’ve cried.
We have so many questions and no answers seem to come.
We tried so hard to save you; nothing could be done.
God, we stand before you broken-hearted
and ask you to heal these lives that must be parted
from this little one we can no longer hold,
who will always be a part of us, even when we're old.
God, take this child in your loving arms.
No more can she suffer any harm.
Bless her always and bless us too.
Be with us and help us to make it through.
5 comments:
Kerry, Pat and Family
Words cannot express my heartfelt sympathy on your loss of baby Faith.
With love and friendship
Lisa
I am so sorry for your loss. As a fellow PLAN family we have followed your story and are deeply saddened by this. My heart breaks for you and I have no idea the pain you must feel. Remember you can turn to us on the group or individually to talk to, rant, cry, or anything else. Our thoughts and prayers are with your family and Faith.
Shanna and Kevin Young
You are in our thoughts and prayers. It is too much to understand and handle. We are here.
The Gorhams
Hi Kerry, we emailed briefly a month ago because Faith and our little girl were at Ba Vi together. I wanted to come to your blog because I have been thinking about you a lot and was hoping to find out how you are doing. After reading your most recent post I wanted to give you some peace about how our family feels about your loss and how our own child might be doing at Ba Vi right now. I am amazed at how little I worry about her health especially when I know Faith was under the same care, same age etc. I am not the most religious person but consider myself very spiritual. Our Hadley came to us kind of accidentally as we have been pursuing China for over 18 months. I know in my heart that she is meant to come home to us for some reason unexplanable right now.(which is why I don't worry about her health) I have faith that your Faith was meant to be a part of your life even though it was such a short one. I don't know if I am making much sense, I just wanted to give you my thoughts and let you know that me, way over here in Oregon was thinking about you! Looking forward to reading your posts again on the PlanVN board. You are missed.....take care, Tammy Skovborg ps, that little Orla is an old soul. :-)
Kerry and family,
I'm so very sorry for your loss of sweet little Faith. I'll be praying for all of you.
Beverly Gerard
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