Inspirational words - T
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Author UnknownMemory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, and the things you never want to lose. ~ from the television show, The Wonder Years
To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything. ~ Anatole France Thibault
It's not what you take when you leave this world behind you; It's what you leave behind you when you go." ~ Randy Travis
Just For Today
Just for today, I will try to live through the next 24 hours...not expecting to get over my child's death, but learning to live with it... one day at a time.
Just for today, I'll remember my child's life, not his death, and bask in the comfort of the treasured days and moments we shared.
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 reach out to comfort a relative or friend of my child. For they are hurting too, and perhaps we can help 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, be it my own, or someone else's, because I know that would make my child proud.
Just for today, I will offer my hand in friendship to other bereaved parents, for I DO know how they feel.
Just for today, I will smile...no matter how much I hurt on the inside...for maybe if I smile a little, my heart will soften and I will begin to heal.
Just for today, I will allow myself to be happy and enjoy myself, for I know I am not deserting my child by moving 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 again.
~ V.Tushingham, taken from the Bereaved Parents of the USA Tampa Bay Newsletter, Sept 2001