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MEMORIAL VALENTINES

for our children..... page 1 of 4

music playing: BEAUTIFUL TIMES

MY HEART WILL GO ON

.....from the movie Titanic

Every night in my dreams
I see you, I feel you,
That is how I know you go on

Far across the distance
And spaces between us
You have come to show you go on

Near, far, wherever you are
I believe that the heart does go on
Once more you open the door
And you're here in my heart
And my heart will go on and on

Love can touch us one time
And last for a lifetime
And never let go till we're gone

Love was when I loved you
One true time I hold to
In my life we'll always go on

Near, far, wherever you are
I believe that the heart does go on
Once more you open the door
And you're here in my heart
And my heart will go on and on

You're here, there's nothing I fear,
And I know that my heart will go on
We'll stay forever this way
You are safe in my heart
And my heart will go on and on

INSIDE OF MINE

Since you've been gone my heart is blue.
But death cannot keep me from you.
For you live on My Valentine.
Your heart still beats inside of mine.

Š2007 - Christine Ross

Published in
LIVING WITH LOSS MAGAZINE
Spring 2010, Volume 25 No. 2
Bereavement Publications, Inc.

Some people come into our lives,
leave footprints on our hearts,
and we are never, ever the same.
~ unknown

TO MY FAR AWAY VALENTINE

Those funny little Valentines
You made when you were small.

Those heartfelt little Valentines
You gave when you got tall.

Those romantic little Valentines
Sent to a special girl.

Those "I Love You" little Valentines
That will always mean the world.

Those Heavenly little Valentines
I'm hoping you will send.

Those far away little Valentines
I wait for once again.

Š 2003 - Christine Ross
~ in memory of Lucas Christopher Ross 1979 - 2001

When two hearts love under the same silver moon,
and wish on the same brilliant star,
the angels are always listening.
~ unknown

The heart of grief, its most difficult challenge,
is not "letting go" of those who have died
but instead making the transition from loving in presence
to loving in separation.
~unknown

TEARS OF A ROSE

....by by Helen Steiner Rice

Ever that which is beautiful
can sometimes bring pain,
so to love from the heart
is to invite the rain.
But to reach for the rose,
you must not fear the thorn,
so to love from the soul
is to embrace the storm

Everyone keeps asking me what's wrong...
if it makes sense...it's just that my heart hurts.
~ Thomas Fuller, M.D.

Two souls with a single thought,
Two hearts that beat as one.
--Friedrich Halm Ingomar

Memories can take us on a heartfelt journey
that refreshes our spirit
and renews our sense of direction.
~ unknown

And when we have remembered everything,
we grow afraid of what we may forget.
A face, a voice, a smile?
No need to fear forgetting,
because The heart remembers always.

~Unknown

I'M WITH YOU VALENTINE

Way down deep within my womb
Waiting patiently to be mine.
You emerge and touch me gently.
Our two hearts are now entwined.
...I'm with you Valentine!

You speak to me your first words
And soon you begin to climb.
You take those first little steps
And my heart beats out of time.
...I love you Valentine!

I watch you walk away to school
So many thoughts go through my mind.
Milestones and sweet memories,
The best my heart will ever find.
...I need you Valentine!

Graduation, jobs, and sweethearts...
Broken love is such a crime.
Soon you're grown and move away.
My heart knows that you'll do fine.
...I'll miss you Valentine!

Unaware we say goodbye.
Sometimes parting is so blind.
Your final breath is taken.
Now my heart is undefined.
...Don't leave me Valentine!

Your spirit stays here with me.
I search daily for your signs.
In my dreams you reappear
To a heart that's redesigned.
...I feel you Valentine!

Alone I wait impatiently
Until this life fulfills it's time.
Reaching for you in the light
My heart leaves this life behind.
...I see you Valentine!

No more pain or heartache.
Forever you'll be mine.
Finally we're together again
Our two hearts again entwined.
...I'm with you Valentine!

Š 2003 - Christine Ross
~ in memory of Lucas Christopher Ross 1979 - 2001

Believe in the music of the heart.

~ unknown

The best and most beautiful things in the world
cannot be seen or even touched--
they must be felt with the heart.
- Helen Keller

Now is a time when our hearts feel close to heaven.
~ unknown

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
What is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Each time we embrace a memory,
we meet again with those we love
.....for the heart never forgets.
~ unknown

KEY TO MY HEART
I lost the key that opens my heart.
I search for it every day.
It disappeared the day he died
When I tucked all my joy away.

Locked-up within the ventricles
Is all of my happiness.
Sealed within the chambers
Are the wonderful things I miss.

Confined beneath the flow of blood
Are my memories from the past.
Murmuring muffled happy sounds
Of a life I thought would last.

The echo of my heartbeat
Resonates laughter that is trapped
Deep down underneath the pain
Pumping passed what has been kept.

I feel a pounding in my chest
As if it's going to burst
Exposing pleasant cheerful thoughts
Captivated by this curse.

But grief has clogged my arteries
Trapping smiles behind the valves.
The key could mend this wounded heart
Releasing what the lock won't allow.

I'm still searching for that key
And will until the day I die.
I know it probably won't be found.
I think I know the reason why.

Someday my heart will cease to beat
As he reaches down to welcome me.
I will take his outstretched hand
That holds... that long lost key.

Š 2007 - Christine Ross

There is always music amongst the trees in the garden,
but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it.
- Minnie Aumonier

When the heart weeps for what it has lost,
the soul laughs for what it has found.
~ Sufi aphorism

Distance has no meaning,
the heart always finds it's way home.
~ unknown

Time is made up of captured moments.
The things we share and the moments we spend together
will become gifts that my heart won't ever forget.
~ unknown