Little Footprints

How very softlyyou tiptoed

into my world.Almost silentlyonly a moment

you stayed.But what an imprint

your footsteps have leftupon my heart.

-D. Ferguson

The death of a baby is like a stone cast into the stillness of a

quiet pool;the concentric ripples of despair

sweep out in all directions,affecting many, many people.

-De Frain, 1991

"For He shall command His

angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways." 

Psalm 91:11

Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things." 

1 Corinthians 13:7

Have you come to the Red Sea place in your lifeWhere, in spite of all you can do,There is no way out, there is no way back,There is no other way but through?Annie Johnson Flint

"They are not gone

who live in the hearts they left behind." 

Native American Proverb

There is, I am convinced, no picture that conveys in all its dreadfulness a vision of sorrow, despairing, remediless, supreme…If I could paint such a picture the canvas would show only a woman looking down at her empty arms.

Charlotte Bronte

"And so they gave me what they could...they shed a

gentle tear." 

unknown

Tiny Angels rest your wingssit with me for awhile.How I long to hold your hand,And see your tender smile.Tiny Angel, look at me,I want this image clear....That I will forget your precious faceIs my biggest fear.Tiny Angel can you tell me,Why you have gone away?You weren't here for very long....Why is it, you couldn't stay?Tiny Angel shook his head,"These things I do not know....But I do know that you love me,And that I love you so".

Author Unknown

"There's no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way

they were."  -  Dwight David Eisenhower

“Losing a child is different than other losses. When you lose a parent or grandparent you lose your past. When you lose a sibling or friend you lose your present. When you lose a baby you lose your future. Your hopes and dreams are gone with the child.”

-Tammy Becker