"The rug has been pulled from under me. I am tumbling in a foreign life, grasping for something that will help this make sense"

Sue

Rachel's Little Foot

Stories and Poems

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Stories

Heather's story HEATHERS STORY. by DEBORAH STYLES I was 26-27 weeks pregnant on Friday 9th October 1998 and on my way for a check-up with...

Rachel's story Rachel Charlotte born asleep Christmas Eve 2000 We had arrived at my mother-in-laws, lunchtime. It was christmas eve and we were...

A HUMAN INTEREST STORY Hands from heaven - Bron K Jones I am on the train going for an interview for a PhD that I think will allow me to start a new...

Becci's Story of Oskar Oskar Born and died 22nd June 1999 written during August & September 1999 I was so scared and excited when I discovered I...

Now and Then - Brons Story by Kerry Jones Now and then I worry that I do not light his face or his heart when I walk in the room or to quick the beat in his body. The...

Address by David Simmonds at Torbay Hospital Baby Loss Service. Fellowship Faith & Remembrance - Address by David Simmonds at Torbay Hospital Baby Loss Service. When Gordon (one of the two...

Poems

I want to shout I want to shout and tell the world But the world doesn't want to listen I have two children, not one The other is in heaven I...

Oskar When I held my baby boy I was filled with love For all that he was to me; to us: And for all that he might have been: Soul,...

Daniel Thank-you for coming into our lives And for choosing us for your care I'm so sorry the time was too brief That we were allowed to...

The ancestral fear shirt The Hurt worn once is lovingly worn again. So I put on my ancestral fear shirt. With a longing to mourn all the dead stars still...

Friends of fear The fear of God is coming like fire on a winter wind, My end is here and gone again. Friends of fear ease near, your prickling my...

Do you ever Do you ever wonder why she was born so very small? And do you ever ask yourself why she was given to you at all Do you ever wonder...

The Special Place God has a special place for stillborn things The things that never were and should have been The little songs that no singer ever...

Snowflake (a poem for Rachel Charlotte) Christmas eve they sometimes fall Snowflakes so soft and pure Melting away to fall again Another day, we don't know when Just...

Mourning There is a legendary, strange belief That Romans kept Their tears within a bottle when they wept To hold their grief; Tangible...

My special thoughts; a face of an angel - Rachel. Born asleep Christmas eve 2000 "Mummy" you shout "Again Again" Every child's statement When they are having fun I'm swinging you around...

You can't stop the birds You can't stop the birds of sorrow from circling around your head But you can stop them from making nests in your hair Chinese...

God's Lent Child I'll lend you for a little while, a child of mine God said, For you to love the while he lives, and mourn for when he's dead, It...

Men do Cry I heard quite often "men don't cry" Though no one ever told me why So when I fell and skinned a knee No one came to...

To One in Sorrow Let me come in where you are weeping friend, and let me take your hand. I, who have known a sorrow such as yours, can understand....

Love You Forever I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living, my baby you'll be. Robert Munsch a song for his two...

Footprints How very softly you tiptoed into my world. Almost silently, Almost a moment you stayed. But what an imprint Your footsteps have...

Your joy is your sorrow unmasked Your joy is your sorrow unmasked And the selfsame well From which your laughter rises Was often times filled with your tears And...

And life is eternal And life is eternal and love is immortal and death is only an horizon and an horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight,...

Darling Faye Dear darling Faye You would have been exactly 3 months old today, but I can only imagine hearing the sound of your cry, your...

Faye's Tribute to little Faye Emily You stayed for just a little while, a whisper in the breeze The flutter of a butterfly, a murmur in the...

ANGEL FRIENDS A beautiful little angel showed up to heaven's gate, Confused and unknowing the plan that for him awaits Then another little...

Baby Footprints These are my tiny footprints, so perfect and so small. These tiny footprints, never touched the ground at all. Not one tiny...

Heather HEATHER The autumn leaves are falling, An Anniversary is calling, With the Heather in full bloom. I try to fight my inner...

WHY?! Why are the innocent punished? Why the sacrifice? Why the pain? There aren't any promises, nothing's certain. Only...

Father's Day Poem oh dearest daddy.... what can I say today ??? To mend your broken heart.... On this fathers day??? You know I would be there...

Fleetingly known Fleetingly known yet ever remembered, These are our children now and always, These whom we see not, we will forget not,...

From Faye Emily From Faye Emily Think of me as a whisper – to share A glimpse of hope in a world of despair A ray of sunshine that...

Gone Too Soon Like a comet blazing 'cross the evening sky, gone too soon. Like a rainbow fading in the twinkling of an eye, gone too soon....

the club noone joins by choice Here is the club no one joins by choice. In fact, if given the choice, I'm sure all of us here would LEAVE the club. None the less,...

Dandelions from Heaven Mothers day is coming… And I wanted to send you a sign… something you can tell others… "Is from...

Oh my first born Oh my first born, my beautiful curly haired son My sweet, gentle, soft and compassionate one I love you & I remember you so...

Our Mind DEDICATION TO HANNAH TODAY, LIKE EVERY DAY YOU'RE NOT HERE BUT IN OUR MIND YOU'RE EVERYWHERE YOUR FACE IS THE SUN AND THE MOON...

Little Snowdrop Little Snowdrop The world may never notice if a Snowdrop doesn 't bloom, Or even pause to wonder if the petals fall too soon,...

Unless You Have Lost a Child Don't ask us if we are over it yet We'll never be over it A part of us died with our child Don 'I tell us they are in a better...

To One In Sorrow Let me come in where you are weeping friend, and let me take your hand. I, who have known a sorrow such as yours, can understand....

Love You Forever I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living, my baby you'll be. - Robert Munsch a song for his...

Footprints How very softly you tiptoed into my world. Almost silently, Almost a moment you stayed. But what an imprint Your footsteps have...

Your joy is your sorrow unmasked Your joy is your sorrow unmasked And the selfsame well From which your laughter rises Was often times filled with your tears And...

Beanacht Blessing On the day when The weight deadens On your shoulders And you stumble, May the day dance To balance you. And when your eyes...

To Grandma Grandma, Grandma, you're special to me I know 'cause my name is Faye Emily I came to your world, for a moment I know The impact I...

What Makes A Mother I thought of you and closed my eyes and prayed to God today, I asked what makes a mother and I know I heard him say, A mother has...

Our children They say memories are golden well maybe that is true we never wanted memories we only wanted you. A million times we needed you...

I wonder by Claire I wonder wonder where you are somewhere near or somewhere far if only I could hold you close thats one of the things that I miss...

A Blessing for Absence May you know that absence is full of tender presence and that nothing is ever lost or forgotten. May the absences in your life be...

For Dylan O Precious child of light Fell from the stars To Illuminate the world with love Burn brightly Shine Bring luminous joy to the...

Angel Bright. Deborah Styles, 2004. As the days drift by without you, And the world still carries on, Why did I never meet you ? What had I done so wrong ? My love...