Rhian Ainsley

6th September 1999 - 8th September 1999

Born with CDH

JUST FOR THOSE FEW DAYS...

Just for those few days...

we had you to ourselves

and what seems too short a time

to be changed so profoundly

Just for those few days...

we came to know you...and to love you

Oh how we loved you...and you trusted us

and listened to the life we had planned for you

Just for those few days...

when we had to watch you slip away

we lost a lifetime of hopes and plans and dreams for you

a slice of our future simply vanished

Just for those few days...our precious Little One

you darted in and out of our lives so quickly

but it seemed that's all the time you needed to

make our lives so much richer, we are blessed

as you gave us a glimpse of eternity

until we meet again...

THE ROSEBUD

On your journey to heaven,

Oh, Littlest of angels,

I'll forever give thanks,

You came first into my arms,

Where you lay in warm sweetness

For the briefest of moments,

My name on your bracelet......

Baby girl of my own.

Not even the rosebud,

Nor the first crocus petal,

Could match the soft wonder,

Of your small, flowering face...

Though you lingered, oh briefly,

Our torn hearts found comfort,

And your fair, infant presence,

Gave our sorrow a grace.

Etched in our memories,

To hold and to treasure,

Are experiences we had not known;

These you gave, in your innocence,

To your mother and father;

And oh, little darling,

We are richer by far,

To have held you a moment,

Than to never have held you at all.

The music you are listening to is Fly by Celine Dion. This song was played at Rhian's funeral.

FLY

by Celine Dion

Fly, fly little wing

Fly beyond imagining

The softest cloud, the whitest dove

Upon the wind of heaven's love

Past the planets and the stars

Leave this lonely world of ours

Escape the sorrow and the pain

And fly again...

Fly, fly precious one

Your endless journey has begun

Take your gentle happiness

Far too beautiful for this

Cross over to the other shore

There is peace forever more

But hold this memory bittersweet

Until we meet

Fly, fly do not fear

Don't waste a breath, don't shed a tear

Your heart is pure, your soul is free

Be on your way, don't wait for me

Above the universe you'll climb

On beyond the hands of time

The moon will rise, the sun will set

But I won't forget

Fly, fly little wing

Fly where only angels sing

Fly away, the time is right

Go now, find the light

A Little Ray Of Sunshine was another song played at Rhian's funeral. Below are the lyrics to that song.

A LITTLE RAY OF SUNSHINE

by Brian Cadd and Don Mudie

Her father says she has to have a name,

not the same as her mum's, but a name just the same,

a little ray of sunshine has come into the world,

a little ray of sunshine in the shape of a girl.

We'll show her the dress that she'll wear

with the gold flowing hair that nature provided

my little ray of sunshine has come into the world,

my little ray of sunshine in the shape of a girl.

A little ray of sunhine -

I want to know if you think she looks good in the pink,

Grandma has bought her ... our own little daughter.

She can make you feel good,

she can make you feel that it's all worthwhile,

only by her smile, only by her smile ...

Have you noticed she's just like her father,

and I think that I'd rather

her hair was much darker,

my little ray of sunshine has come into the world,

my little ray of sunshine in the shape of a girl.

She can make you feel good,

she can make you feel that it's all worthwhile,

only by her smile, only by her smile, only by her smile ...

talkin' 'bout my little ray of sunshine,

my little ray of sunshine,

little ray of sunshine,

little ray, little ray, little ray,

sweet little darlin',

my little ray of sunshine, woa woa woa ... hmmmm ....

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