~Mothers Day Poem~

I found this on a blogging friends site. She has lost two precious girls in the past year and is currently 7 months pregnant with her 3rd answered prayer. This poem is for all us moms who have angels in Heaven. Today isn't quite as hard for me as what I think it is for some. I have Brycen and that makes things easier. I have him to cherish & to love on, BUT I still think of Andon and miss him today... wishing that mothers day card had two little boys names on it instead of just one. My heart this morning at church was with all the moms who have lost babies. Just Friday evening while walking out of work I was reminded once again that I'm not the only person that heart hurts from losing a child. A lady that works in another office at the court house sought me out and wished me a Happy Mothers Day and said she knew it might be a little hard, but to hang in there. She then told me she had lost her first child, a son (she has three adult children all girls) full term. I know God is using all these people who have gone before me on this walk to help heal my heart and remind me I'm not alone. It means SOOOO much when people reach out to me, share their heart, and just let me know they are praying or that they love us. I still need these reminders and when people take the time to talk to me, it just means the world... b/c I know that it isn't the easiest topic to bring up. Anyway, I've gotten long winded and didn't mean to, but I did just want to share this sweet poem. To all moms--Happy Mothers Day, to the moms who have babies in Heaven (no matter how far along you were or how old they were), my heart is with you today and I'm praying. LOVE YOU ALL.

Dear Mr. Hallmark,
I am writing to you from heaven,
and though it must appear
A rather strange idea,
I see everything from here.
I just popped in to visit,
your stores to find a card
A card of love for my mother,
as this day for her is hard.
There must be some mistake I thought,
every card you could imagine
Except I could not find a card,
from a child who lives in heaven.
She is still a mother too,
no matter where I reside
I had to leave, she understands,
but oh the tears she's cried.
I thought that if I wrote you,
that you would come to know
That though I live in heaven now,
I still love my mother so.
She talks with me, and dreams with me;
we still share laughter too,
Memories our way of speaking now,
would you see what you could do?
My mother carries me in her heart,
her tears she hides from sight.
She writes poems to honor me,
sometimes far into the night
She plants flowers in my garden,
there my living memory dwells
She writes to other grieving parents,
trying to ease their pain as well.
So you see Mr. Hallmark,
though I no longer live on earth
I must find a way,
to remind her of her wondrous worth
She needs to be honored,
and remembered too
Just as the children of earth will do.
Thank you Mr. Hallmark,
I know you'll do your best
I have done all I can do;
to you I'll leave the rest.
Find a way to tell her,
how much she means to me
Until I can do it for myself,
when she joins me in eternity.
JODY SEILHEIMER
Heartfelt Words by Jody
In Memory of Her Son, Cory