Don't Let Her Slip Away Without Taking Notice...

There is nothing to say, no way to assuage the pain, no way to even touch it. A child has gone. A baby. My friend's baby. A sweet and content child, with smiles and laughter, innocently and unreservedly given in abundance. A little sister to a doting and helpful big sister. A beautiful treasure, much loved and cherished. Not taken for granted, but much appreciated all of her short life. All who met her were charmed by her smiles and sweet spirit.

Yes, the questions come. The whys and the hows. The pain and the missing of her, the somehow living life without that presence for a mommy who gathered every moment into her heart, savored them, and thought there would be so many more. And for a proud papa who will never again know the warmth of her tiny form curled up in the protection of his arms. And for big sister, still a baby herself, knowing her life has changed, yet not able to fully comprehend why that little sister isn't there.

Mercy Lord. Grace. Be that Ever Present Help. Incline your ear.
Be near to the brokenhearted.


STERLING AMARIAH

Born the morning of June 5th, 2007

Slipped away the evening of February 29th, 2008


Sterling: Genuine, Valued
Amariah: Promise of God, Given by God, Said by God

We give them back to you, O Lord, who first gave them to us;
yet as You did not lose them by giving, so we do not lose them by their return,
for what is Yours is ours also if we belong to You.
Love is undying, and life is unending,
and the boundary of this mortal life is but a horizon,
and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight.
Lift us up, strong Son of God, that we may see further.
Cleanse our eyes that we may see clearly...
and while You prepare a place for us,
prepare us also for that happy place,
that we may be with You , and with those we love
forevermore.
Amen
~Bede Jarrett