Re: Im memory of my dearest Sophie
Dear Anne,
I am so sorry that we meet under such sad circumstances but I am glad you find us worthy of sharing this time with you.
No matter the reason, to lose a soul that has meant so much in our lives is devastating, heart-wrenching. Each breath is painful, each tear like fire on the cheeks. We wonder how we can face the next second without them by our side, but somehow we do. In time, we are living minute by minute, then hour by hour, then day by day and the pain, tho ever present, is not quite as harsh. In time, those memories than bring only anguish now, will bring a smile through the tears. Then the day comes when we find ourselves laughing at those memories and we know the healing has begun.
Your sweet Sophie is watching over you with the same love and devotion the two of you always shared. She knows how much you love her and miss her, and she is showering you with her love. Sophie is running free and happy, well, whole, pain free and surrounded by our many babies that have gone before. When the time is right, she will be waiting at the Bridge for you and you will never be parted again.
Sophie's name has been added to our In Loving Memory list of babies lost in 2009 where she will be remembered and honored for all time. When you are ready, if you would like, it would be our pleasure to share in your memories of life with Sophie. You can post her story here anytime you are ready.
Again, I am so sorry for your loss.
Our deepest sympathies,
Leslie, Squirt, Ruby, Goldie, and Crystal
Beyond the Rainbow
As much as I loved the life we had and all the times we played,
I was so very tired and knew my time on earth would fade.
I saw a wondrous image then of a place that's trouble-free
Where all of us can meet again to spend eternity.
I saw the most beautiful Rainbow, and on the other side
Where meadows rich and beautiful--lush and green and wide!
And running through the meadows as far as the eye could see
Where animals of every sort as healthy as could be!
My own tired, failing body was fresh and healed and new
And I wanted to go run with them, but I had something left to do.
I needed to reach out to you, to tell you I'm alright
That this place is truly wonderful, then a bright Glow pierced the night.
'Twas the Glow of many Candles shining bright and strong and bold
And I knew then that it held your love in its brilliant shades of gold.
For although we may not be together in the way we used to be,
We are still connected by a cord no eye can see.
So whenever you need to find me, we're never far apart
If you look beyond the Rainbow and listen with your heart.
C.G. 1995
"May you know that absence is full of tender presence and that nothing is ever lost or forgotten." John O'Donahue, "Eternal Echoes"
Death is not a changing of worlds as most imagine, as much as the walls of this world infinitely expanding.