A Parent's Lullaby

A Parent’s Lullaby A Song of Hope for Bereaved Parents

From Our Children Live On, by Elissa Al-Chokhachy Mom and Dad, here I am! Your child I’ll always be Loving you both with all my heart through all eternity. Will you love me even though on earth I could not stay? There were things beyond control that called me on my way. Sometimes when you miss me, I know it makes you cry. Know that I am still with you and will be by your side.

If you sit quietly with me, I’ll share with you my thoughts. Ask me what you’d like to know. Then listen with your heart. Be open to the subtle ways I will say to you, “Thanks for being my Mom and Dad, for loving me through and through.” I want to make you happy. I want to make you smile. Know each time that you think of me I’m loving you all the while.

I’m sorry I’ll never accomplish the things you’d hoped for me. God and I had other plans. Search and you will see ... I came to earth to be your child, to be a teacher true. There’s so much I’ve been teaching since I’ve come to be with you. You’ve learned to live in the moment and cherish each day we have. It’s the little things that mean the most, like a smile or touch of the hand.

You know it doesn’t matter the things that will never be. True love is a gift that is given unconditionally. If you’ll share this wisdom and pass it on even after I am gone, You’ll see that I am still with you for I made you wise and strong. Together we’ll be doing the work that I came to do ... Spreading love and joy and wisdom to special parents and people like you.

Remember I’ll always be with you in the memories we share. Remember the love we treasure and the ways in which we care. Thanks, Mom and Dad, for bringing me into this world with you. Thanks for all the memories, for loving me like you do. After I am gone from here, remember to look for me Perhaps in the song of a cardinal in the breeze as it wafts through the trees.

I’ll be your guardian angel to lovingly guide you To assist in troubled times when you don’t know what to do. Just call my name and I’ll be there, for love is what I am. It’s what I was before I came. It’s all a part of the plan. If you feel a gentle touch or sense that I’m close by,