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One Year Later

Tomorrow is December 21.  That date will always mark our firstborn's homegoing! Two poems mark a little of how I felt/feel over the past year.  Let's start there! Little One Loved Little one loved,   we wanted you so very much, even though we never touched      your tender skin,      or held your hand. You were in our hearts,      little one loved. Little one loved,   We never saw your tiny form, and never held you, small and warm,      within our arms,      safe from all harm. But you were our child,       little one loved. Little one loved,   but loved by god far more than we, and so He took you home to be      with Him to stay.      You went away and left us grieving here,        little one loved. Little one loved,   we wish you could have stayed with us, but God is asking for our trust.      Sometimes we cry,      we question why. To us, you'll always be       our little one loved... Our little one...      gone home. Due Date M