If we could have a lifetime wish
A dream that would come true
We'd Pray to God with all our hearts
For yesterday and you
If love alone could have saved you
You never would have died
A thousand words can't bring you back
We know because we've tried
Neither will a thousand tears
We know because we've cried
You left behind our broken hearts
and happy memories to
But we never wanted memories
We wanted only you
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We trust that beyond absence
there is a presence.
That beyond the pain
there can be healing.
That beyond the brokenness
there can be wholeness.
That beyond the anger
there may be peace.
That beyond the hurting
there may be forgiveness.
That beyond the silence
there may be the word.
That beyond the word
there may be understanding.
That through understanding
there is love.
�������������� -Author unknown
by Reba McEntire
If I had only known it was the last walk in the rain,
I'd keep you out for hours in the storm.
I would hold your hand, like a lifeline to my heart.
Underneath the thunder we'd be warm.
If I had only known it was the last walk in the rain.
If I had only known I'd never hear your voice again,
I'd memorize everything� you've ever said.
And on those lonely nights, I could think of you once more.
Keep your words alive inside my head.
If only had only known I'd never hear your voice again.
You were the treasure in my hand.
You were the one who always stood beside me.
So unaware, I foolishly believed,
That you would always be there.
But then there came a day,
And I turned my head and you slipped away.
If I� had only known it was my last night by your side,
I'd pray for a miracle to stop the dawn.
And when you smiled at me I would look into your eyes
And make sure you know my love for you goes on and on.
If I had only known,
If I had only known,
The love I would have shown, if I had only known.
Your birth brought me starshine
The moon and the sun;
My wishes, dreams gathered
Round my little one.
My life became sacred
Full of promise and Light,
All wrapped in the child
who brought love at first sight.
The years of your living
Filled with laughter and tears,
Excitement, adventure,
some boredom, some fears,
But ended too quickly,
Ahead of its time.
The loss so horrendous,
Such heartbreak was mine.
But from the beginning,
One thought rose so clear;
Never would your death erase
The years that you were here.
I would not be defeated
Or diminished by your death;
I would hang on, learn to conquer,
If it took my every breath.
For if your death destroyed my life,
Made both our lives a waste,
'Twould deny your life's meaning
and all the love you gave.
I vowed that years of sadness
Would change with work and grace,
To years of happiness, even joy,
In which you'd have a place.
Memories of you, like shining stars
In the patterns of my soul,
Are beacons flashing with light and love,
And with them I am whole.
In your honor; I live my life,
Now Living it for two.
Through all my life, you to will live,
You Lived, You Live, You Do.
From Stars in the Deepest Night
Genesse Bourdeau Gentry, 1999
