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| Just For Today |
| 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, one day at a time. Just for today, I will remember my child's life, not her death, and bask in the comfort of all those treasured moments and days we shared. 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 reach out to comfort a relative or friend of my child,for they are hurting too, and perhaps we can help each other. 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 in this world I could have done to save my child from death, I would have dome it. Just for today, I will honor my child's memory by doing something with another child, be it my own or someone else's, because I know it would make my own child proud. Just for today, I will offer my hand in friendship to another bereaved parent, for I do know how they feel. Just for today, I will allow myself to be happy and enjoy myself, for I know I am not deserting her, but living on. And 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. ~ Vicki Tushingham ~ |