In Loving Memory

Dear God,
When a little child leaves us....
Our first question is...Why?
Why not let this child live?
Why did he have to die?
How can such a thing occur?
Why couldn't he stay longer?
We have prayed for this sweet boy...
"Oh Lord help him grow stronger"...
And still he leaves this place on earth...
Despite each prayer and plea...
To join so many other's...
In sweet eternity...
His life has taught us many things...
His journey touched us so...
But why Lord must this happen?
Why did he have to go?

Beloved child,
Your pain has reached the heaven's child...
Please don't think I don't know...
How very much it hurts inside...
To let your child go...
He sits with me this very day...
In heaven up-above...
Surrounded by my angels...
But held still...by your love.
The doubts may always be with you...
And as I hear your cries...
I ask you to consider...
Some of the other "whys"...
Why did his smile light the room...
On the cloudiest of days?
How could he touch a multitude...
In oh so many ways?
Why does his courage guide you...
In ways you can't convey?
Why does his life remind us...
To love..to hope...to pray.
Heaven may seem far away...
Days and months and years....
A longing to see his sweet face...
And wash away your tears...
Have faith child...when I tell you...
Your not truly apart....
You hold a piece of heaven...
Forever in your heart.
Goodbye seems all to final...
"He's gone" just isn't true...
"He lives on in each of us"... I
n what we say and do...
"Why"....did we know a miracle?
Who brought us such great joy?
Why did we get a chance to meet...
This very special boy?
Sweetest child... special gift..
Loved beyond all measure...
Only for a little while...
For us to know and treasure.
Hold onto that most joyous day...
A tear,a smile, a sigh...
When he is in your arms again...
You'll never say...goodbye.

Stephanie Husted

In loving memory of Braylon Foerster


God provides some sunshine...
to help the flowers grow...
God provides some rainfall too...
For He wants us to know...
That though we cannot see him...
When the darkness closes in...
He is right beside us...
Just as he's always been.
God provides us laughter...
So we might enjoy all...
God provides us tears, and says...
"I hear you when you call."
God provides us children...
So our view of Him is clear.....
God provides us hope and faith...
And tells us not to fear.
God provides a place of rest...
where all things become new...
God has called it heaven...
(It's home to me and you)
God gave us a special gift...
His light still shining bright...
Corbin how we'll miss you...
(You've taught us how to fight)
Although our hearts are broken...
To know that your not here...
I think of all you've left behind...
(It makes your life so clear)
You have overcome Corbin...
You've faced each trial with stride...
And you have taught each one of us...
That yes, God does provide.
Tears because we miss you...
A smile for all that you've been...
A hug as a reminder...
We'll soon see you again.

In loving memory of Corbin Grabb(HLHS)

Jesus said I touched so many,
but my time on earth was through,
I know how much you miss me,
please know I miss you too.
Just wait until you get here,
You'll be so proud of me,
when you see how many live's were changed,
through hearing my story.
I did not lose this battle,
I just took Jesus hand,
remember I'm a fighter,
and try to understand.
I know you all feel helpless,
struggling to understand why?
Please try to remember I'm with you,
when you laugh, when you dream, when you cry.
I'm helping HIM prepare a place for us,
and someday you will see...
Although I am not with you now,
were still a family.
The Lord searched all the heavens..
Oh who would heed his call?
To touch the hearts of so many...
was Jerra Mia Hall.

In loving memory of fiesty Jerra Mia Hall(HLHS)

I watch you now from Heaven,
and the angels gather near,
asking who's that you are watching?
I say, "Hush now I can't hear".
So, they arch their heads a little,
wondering why I look so glad.
Then I smile and point, "It's them".
"It's my mama and my dad".
"I know they think about me",
"Sometimes struggling through the day",
"They want to wrap their arms around me",
"See me run and smile and play".
"Do they know that here in heaven",
"All the Father has in store"?
"That I do all of these things",
"Yes, these things, and so much more".
"I'm so lucky that I know them",
"And so blessed to call them mine".
"How I wish that I could tell them",
"That I watch them all the time".
Jesus said "It won't be long child",
"Just you wait and see",
"In the twinkling of an eye "
and you'll all be here with me".
"No more surgeries or doctors",
"No more tears, and no more pain".
"Just a family hand in hand",
"Walking through the summer rain".
"So when you think about me",
"as I know you often do",
"Do not think of me as gone",
"But as your child who waits for you"

Remembering Joey Kaiser(HLHS)


Hello my precious daddy,
and mommy of my heart,
I know how much your missing me,
since we have been apart.
I'm sitting in the Father's lap,
and basking in his light...
I can see the children playing,
and the angel's dressed in white.
God has a special bottle and,
he says it holds your tears,
he says he knows your missing me,
and understands your fears.
Heaven is so beautiful,
someday you'll be here too!
But Jesus says you can't come now,
there's far too much to do!
My life has touched so many,
they will never be the same,
And God loves them,like you love me,
he calls us each by name.
He held me when I got here,
I think I heard him weeping,
He showed to me that bottle,
that he says he has been keeping.
I looked at it and wondered,
how many tears could it contain?
He looked at me with gentle eyes,
so that he could explain.
"But Jesus how can ALL their tears...
"fit in this jar so small"?
"Oh child of mine, your tiny too..
"but mighty is your call"!
"I look not on the outward",
"for the inside holds great things"...
"Why just behold the miracle",
"that your short life still brings"..
"Yes, tears for you will fall each day",
"though not in the heavens above",
"but such great pain could only come"...
"from such amazing love".

Psalm 56:8 You number my wanderings, Put my tears into your bottle, Are they not in your book? Rev. 21:4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes,there shall be no more death,nor sorrow,nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.

Remembering Kylee Ladonna Boomsma(HLHS)

One day this will all make sense...
(at least that's what I'm told)
The trials that I face today...
Will all become as gold.
Refined in the fire of suffering...
Purified for His glory...
Changing me forever...
Becoming my testimony.
Sleepless nights of worrying...
Moments I can't cope...
Prayers that seem unanswered...
Will all turn into hope.
Messes become messages...
Sorrows become smiles...
The storm clouds start to dissapate...
Goodbye to earthy trials.
The sun begins to shine again...
I see no sign of rain...
Heaven must be beautiful...
And here, there is no pain.
There are no tears in heaven...
No... love prevails here...
I can't imagine living... Each day...
without my fear.
I think I hear a whisper from...
The Lord in all his glory...
He beckons me to come to him...
He wants to hear my story.
Refined in the fire...
And held all the while...
He knows me so well...
That I can't help but smile.
The tears are forgotten...
Just a bad memory...
And all that remains...
Is his great love for me.
I understand...I finally see...
Each storm that I've been through...
Has brought me to your waiting arms...
Has brought me home...to You.

In loving memory of Haley Harris(HLHS)