Just for
Today for Bereaved Parents
By Vickie
Tushingham
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 child's life, not his death,
and bask in the comfort of all those treasured days and moments we shares.
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, so that maybe 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 comfort 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 done it.
Just for today I will honor my child's memory by doing something
with another child because I know that would have made 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 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 have had my child for as long as I did.
Just for today I will allow myself to be happy, for I know that
I am not deserting my child by living on.
Just for today I will accept that I did not die when my child
did, my life did go on, and I am the only one who can make that life worthwhile
once more.
From My Parents are Survivors
http://www.moms-dads.com/grieving.html