Mommy's Poem to Sarah
Sarah, you’re my angel, you’re my light
You’re the reason my heart and my soul is just right.
You have shown me the meaning of true love,
An unconditional love, a love I am so proud of.
I will forever be a part of you and forever you’ll
be a part of me
I will always be there for you, something that
just will always be.
You and your sister are also a gift to each other,
a gift that will always be treasured,
You two have a love that is so strong, so special,
so bonded that it will last forever.
You are my strength when things get hard or
if I have a bad day,
All I have to do is to look into your sweet eyes and then
I know that things will be ok.
You have taught me so much about myself,
You have shown me how deep love goes,
You have helped me see how unconditional it is and
how far I still have to go.
And because of you,
I have found a love that few ever know.
You have shown me how to be strong and how to
appreciate the very smallest things,
I’ve become a much better person because of
the daily joy you bring.
I will always and forever love you, no matter
where the road of life takes us to,
You are my angel, my strength, my wisdom, my light
I will always and forever be true to you.
You are a part of my soul, a part of my
being, a part of my heart,
We have a special bond, a special gift where
we will never ever be apart.
Sarah you’re my angel, you’re my light,
because of you, you are the reason my world is now so right.
Love Always,
Your Mommy
~ My Darling Hannah ~
My Darling Hannah, what a blessing you are,
Your spirit is more beautiful than all of the stars.
The love and kindness you possess
is so clear to see,
You bring joy and happiness
to all that you meet.
Your laughter and your funny
sense is so natural,
The brightness that shines
from you is so electrical.
You blow me away with how smart and intutive you are
The things you say and the wisdom you have,
is some times more than I can comprehend by far.
There are momenths that I have to remind myself
That you are still my beautiful little child.
You show such joy and pride for your sister,
You love her so unconditionally and you
Show us how much you are proud of her.
I don’t know what I have done to have you
as my wonderful and beautiful daughter,
I know that the LORD has blessed me with you
And you have made my life better.
I love you with all my heart and all my soul I will always love and be there for you. We are blessed to have a deep and special love that only a lucky mother and daughter knows. Hannah, my darling girl, please never change, you are blessed to be you and all the joy you bring. I love you and will forever be proud of you too! Love, your Momma
by Edna Massimilla
A meeting was held, quite far from earth
"It's time again for another birth"
Said the Angels to the Lord above,
"This special child will need much love"
Her progress may seem very slow,
Accomplishments she may not show
And she'll require extra care
From all the folks she meets down there.
She may not run or laugh or play
Her thoughts may seem quite far away
In many ways she won't adapt,
And she'll be known as handicapped.
We want her life to be content.
Please, Lord, find the right parents who
Will do this special job for You.
They will not realize right away
The leading role they're asked to play
But with this child sent from above
Comes stronger faith and richer love.
And soon they'll know the privilege given
In caring for this gift from Heaven.
Their precious charge, so meek and mild
Is heaven's very special child.
They are sitting, bleary eyed and exhausted, in hospital emergency rooms,waiting for tests results to come back and wondering: is this the time when my child doesn't pull through?
The are sitting patiently, in hospital rooms as their
child recovers from yet
another surgery to lengthen hamstrings or straighten
backs or repair a faultyinternal organ.
They are waiting in long lines in county clinics
because no insurance company
will touch their child.
Where are the parents?
They are sleeping in shifts because their child won't
sleep more than 2 or 3
hours a night, and must constantly be watched, lest he
do himself, or another
member of the family, harm.
They are sitting at home with their child because
family and friends are
either too intimidated or too unwilling to help with
child care and the state
agencies that are designed to help are suffering
cut backs of there own.
Where are the parents?
They are trying to spend time with their non-disabled
children, as they try
to make up for the extra time and effort that is
critical to keeping their
disabled child alive.
They are struggling to keep a marriage together, because
adversity does notalways bring you closer.
They are working 2 and sometime 3 jobs in order to
keep up with the extraexpenses.
And sometimes they are a single parent struggling to
do it all by themselves.
Where are the parents?
They are trying to survive in a society that pays
lip service to
helpingthose in need, as long as it doesn't cost
them anything.
They are trying to patch their broken dreams
together so that they might have some sort of normal
life for their children and their families.
They are busy, trying to survive.
10/15/96
