*Just for today, I will try to live through the next 24 hours and not expect to get over my child's death, but instead learn to live with it just one day at a time.
*Just for today, I will remember my children's brief life, not their deaths , and bask in the comfort of all those treasured days and moments we shared.
*Just for today, I will forgive all the family and friends who didn't help or comfort me the way I needed them to. They truly did not know how.
*Just for today, I will smile no matter how much I hurt on the inside, for maybe if I smile a little, my heart will soften and I will begin to heal.
*Just for today, I will free myself from my self inflicted burden of guilt, for deep in my heart I know if there was anything I could have done to save my child from death, I would have done it.
*Just for today, when my heart feels like breaking, I will stop and remember that grief is the price we pay for loving, and the only reason I hurt is because I had the privilege of loving so much.
*Just for today, I will not compare myself with others. I am fortunate to be who I am and to have had my child for as long as I did.
*Just for today, I will accept that I did not die when my child died. My life did go on and I am the only one who can make that life worthwhile once more.
**By Vicky Tushingham from Alive Alone**
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