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Bereavement

Find bereavement help and support from other Mumsnetters. See also your choices after baby loss.

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I need a poem to commemorate the life of a 4 year old - searched everywhere but found nothing suitable.

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HonorMatopoeia · 30/07/2006 21:36

Firstly can I say a big thanks to jimjams, cremolafoam, rodeo, pelvicfloornomore and anyone else I've momentarily forgotten for all their advice on how to cope with the recent news that my friends dd (4 years old) has died. I've taken advice and am sending a condolence card and adding a poem - on the fabulous advice of jimjams - the problem now is that I can't find anything suitable. I've searched every way I can think of doing it on the web and I seem to come up with lots of lovely poems for older relatives dying and lots for young babies but nothing for a young child. Does anyone know of a suitable poem or a website I may not have tried? Thank you so much.

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HonorMatopoeia · 30/07/2006 22:11

All I can say is thank you once again, your kindness and the fact you're willing to put yourselves out searching for poems speaks volumes. It does all become so much more poignant when you have children doesn't it? A special thank you to those who are sharing poems that mean something to them, poems they have grieved to (I hope that makes sense).

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HonorMatopoeia · 30/07/2006 22:13

JanH that is wonderful, I shall paste that and save it for a few months I think. I know that my friend will want her memory to live strong and it would be awful to think people won't talk about her, this is very fitting. Thank you again.
x

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expatinscotland · 30/07/2006 22:21

Thank you, JanH!

One of my best friends died 5 years ago. Even though he was 32, he was his mother's first child, her only son.

I write to that lady every mother's day, every 16 November (his birthday), b/c I loved her son.

And b/c he is still very much w/those who loved him. Until we meet again, which of course we will!

Jimjams2 · 30/07/2006 22:42

Ah expat has found my Frost poem. That's the one I meant in the other thread HM.

Toothache · 30/07/2006 22:47

Oh Janh - That is beautiful. I'm crying reading all of this, but that makes so much sense. Going to kiss my babies now.

petrified · 31/07/2006 00:49

The life that I have is all that I have
And the life that I have is yours.
The love that I have of the life that I have
Is yours and yours and yours.

A sleep I shall have
A rest I shall have,
Yet death will be but a pause,
For the peace of my years in the long green grass
Will be yours and yours and yours.

-- Leo Marks

I dont know if this is really appropriate for a young child but I read this at my Mums funeral so I just thought I would suggest it.

My thoughts are with you

izzybiz · 31/07/2006 13:27

My SIL lost her little girl Freya last year and has found some great friends on a site called compassionate friends.
Its a site for bereaved parents, and they have a poetry and prose page, you will find what you need there.
My thoughts are with you and your friends.xx

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HonorMatopoeia · 31/07/2006 16:43

Thank you again, your support means a lot.
I shall pass the compassionate friends website onto my friend too.
x

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Scoobydooooo · 31/07/2006 16:53

Oh i am so sorry this is so i just was reading this thread & anniediv poems was the one we read & my dads funeral, he has the last few sentances on his grave stone.
It's so hard when you lose someone & reading this really makes you apprciate your kids.

I hope you find the right poem for your friend. xx

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