A poem I wanted to share

Tlee714

I found this in the back of a book I am reading (Trying Again: A Guide to Pregnancy After Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Loss), and thought it was so nice. 

A Different Child

A different child,
People notice
There's a special glow around you.You grow
Surrounded by love,
Never doubting you are wanted;
Only look at the pride and joy
In your mother and father's eyes.And if sometimes
Between the smiles
There's a trace of tears,
One day
You'll understand.You'll understand
There was once another child
A different child
Who was in their hopes and dreams.That child will never outgrow the baby clothes
That child will never keep them up at night
In fact, that child will never be any trouble at all.Except sometimes, in a silent moment,
When mother and father miss so much
That different child.May hope and love wrap you warmly
And may you learn the lesson forever
How infinitely precious
How infinitely fragile
Is this life on earth.One day, as a young man or woman
You may see another mother's tears
Another father's silent grief
Then you, and you alone
Will understand
And offer the greatest comfort.When all hope seems lost,
You will tell them
With great compassion,
"I know how you feel.
I'm only here
Because my mother tried again."Pandora Diane Waldron

GatorBaby2012

That last part...

"I know how you feel.
I'm only here
Because my mother tried again."

WOW!

MrsRiceARoni

GatorBaby2012:

That last part...

"I know how you feel.
I'm only here
Because my mother tried again."

WOW!

... I am that child...

One of my brother's died from SIDS, he was going to be my parent's last kid. Then they had me.

lillissas85

Thanks for sharing this!!

vanessa lynne

I love this poem.  I found it after Aidan passed in March.  I bought a shadow box to put it in and will hang it in the nursery someday for Aidan's brother or sister.

hungryhippo

MrsRiceARoni:

GatorBaby2012:

That last part...

"I know how you feel.
I'm only here
Because my mother tried again."

WOW!

... I am that child...

One of my brother's died from SIDS, he was going to be my parent's last kid. Then they had me.

My boss is that child too! Out of absolutely everyone, he was the most supportive person about my loss. He totally got it.