My sweet friend Emily (aka "Sunshine") who I worked with at the Y_M_C_A when we were day camp counselors wrote this amazing poem for me a few weeks ago. I asked her if I could please post it on my blog and she said that would be okay. Thank you so much, dear Emily. Your words are beautiful and touching...and when I read this I weep in gratitude for the way God has allowed you to think of my Solveig. Thank you.
An Angel of Peace
He born her onto Heaven
filled with your love.
Perfect and Precious
He born onto to us an Angel.
She burst from your womb
through Heaven’s open doors
Singing
your glorious Gospel.
She knew no suffering,
no pain,
no disappointment,
nor loss
Only the warmth of your internal home
and the completeness of your love.
What a gift for a soul
to live in your light,
to be filled by your love
To move from your sweet being
to home with our Heavenly Father
We will never know why your years on Earth with her
Must now be said goodbye to
Like water poured on a fire
the promise of this dream has gone out.
And yet, through this unspeakably grief
Which no words can capture
There is beauty
and joy
and hope in your future
For she lived within you
Danced in your body
Filled you with love
Just as you filled her
And although you do not have a lifetime
to know her, to see her each day before you
You know her in the deepest sense of knowing
Where there is no darkness or sorrow
No worry or pain
Only the feeling of her little body
Moving in yours
two souls joined
Forever in love
She is with you now.
Shining down on you from Heaven
Taking the love you gave her
And sharing it with our world
And she shares it with you.
In the flicker of a sunset
In Northern lights dancing
the warm smile of her daddy
the laughter of her siblings
she comes to you always
always.
with comfort and love
to continually show you
the beauty you gave
in your gift to the Lord
His perfect Angel of Peace.
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