To laugh and run and play,
To be there by your side.
I'm sorry I had to die.
God sent me down to be with you,
To make your loving heart anew.
To help you look up and see,
Both God and little me.
Mommy I wish I could stay,
Just like I heard you pray.
But all the angels did cry,
When they told little me good-bye.
God didn't take me because he's mad.
He didn't send me to make you sad.
But to give us both a chance to be,
A love so precious don't you see.
Up here no trouble do I see,
And the pretty angels sing to me.
The streets of gold are where I play.
You'll come here to Mommy someday.
Until the day you join me here,
I'll love you Mommy dear.
Each breeze you feel and see,
Brings love and a kiss from me.
I thought of you all, I closed my eyes
And prayed to God today.
I asked what makes a Mother
And I know I heard Him say.
A Mother has a baby.
This we know is true.
But God can you be a Mother
When your baby's not with you?
"Yes you can!" He replied
With confidence in His voice.
I give many women babies,
When they leave is not their choice.
Some I send for a lifetime
And other's for a day.
And some I send to feel your womb
But there's no need to stay.
I just don't understand this God,
I want my baby here.
He took a breath and cleared His throat
And then I saw a tear.
I wish I could show you
What your child is doing today.
If you could see your child smile
With other children and say.
"We go to earth to learn our lessons
Of love and life and fear.
My Mommy loved me oh so much,
I got to come straight here.
I feel so lucky to have a Mom
Who had so much love for me?
I learned my lesson very quick
My Mommy set me free.
I miss my Mommy oh so much
But I visit her each day.
When she goes to sleep
on her pillow's where I lay.
I stroke her hair and kiss her cheek
And whisper in her ear.
Mommy don't be sad today,
I'm your baby and I'm here.
So you see my dear sweet one,
You're children are OK.
Your babies are here in my home,
And that is where they'll stay.
They'll wait for you with me
Until your lesson is through.
And on that day that you come home,
They'll be at the gates for you.
So now you see what makes a mother,
It's a feeling in your heart.
It's the love you had so much of
right from the start.
Though some on earth may not realize,
That you are a Mother until their time is done.
They'll be up here with me one day
and know you're the best one.
Yes it is true that I never got to see
all that this world holds.
The flowers, trees, grass or a bright sunny day.
Not even the smiling faces of my loving family.
But in my heart I have seen all of these things,
even in my short time.
It is also true that I never got to feel the many things
that you take for granted,
The snow on my face on a cold December day
Finger paints and crayons I will never hold in my hands.
But I did feel the loving arms of my mother
and father cradling me gently.
I never got to hear all the sounds that make most hearts sing.
The laughter of a loved one or the sweet song of a bird,
Songs on the radio and the words "I love you"
are to me a mystery.
But the soft touch of my mother's hands
shouts to me all of this and more.
I would never have known the joy
of running through a field of flowers.
Never would I roll down the side of a hill too dizzy to stand
Hide and seek, tag and dodge ball I would have missed.
In my mind I will do all of these things and more.
You all may see it as me missing out
on all of these things by leaving you so soon.
But where I am going I will do,
see and hear everything you do and more.
All of the people that have passed before me
are waiting to make that come true.
I will always think of good things,
for in my short time that is all I know.
So don't cry for me,
I am doing all that you have all wished for me.
And from my time here with you,
I will know nothing but love and that I will take with me.
You never said goodbye
You were gone before I knew it,
And only God knew why.
A million times I cried,
If love alone could have saved you
You never would have died.
In life I loved you dearly
In death I love you still.
In my heart you hold a place,
That no one could ever fill.
It broke my heart to lose you,
But you didn't go alone.
For part of me went with you,
The day God called you home.
