When they told your daddy and I you were on your way to heaven, they handed you to me. Your heart rate and vital signs went up for a moment when they placed you on my chest. I hope that means you did know who was holding you and you knew that we were finally together again. You were so warm from the isolette and you felt so right to me. Everything about you felt right as you laid on my chest, we were truly meant for one another. I wanted your daddy to hold you as you left. I watched him take you and say your name to you and kiss your cheeks. Because of you, I learned about heaven. Heaven is not way up in the sky, but all around us and I know you are only a whisper away. Guard her steps, both seen and unseen, and keep her safe from harm. Protect her mind, body, and spirit from all negative influences, and grant her the wisdom to make good choices. May her mind recall your promises daily. The greatest things were not achieved by following the crowd but from leading one. Do what you believe is right and never falter to the pressures of others beliefs. It should be noted that More accepted parliament’s ability to decide the succession in favor of the king’s children with Anne Boleyn, for it was a legal issue and parliament was within rights to decide it. However, he would not take an oath recognizing Henry’s position as Supreme Head of a new English church. He simply could not repudiate the spiritual authority of the papacy.

The speaker’s admission of past ignorance is engagingly humble: “The one good gift / I’d give to you is knowing always // What I haven’t always known myself / – that what’s not given can never be returned.” It’s a painful covert apology. Fill her heart with your peace, Lord, and replace the darkness of depression with the light of your love. Help her to see herself as you see her—a cherished and valuable soul.Have dreams for yourself and work hard to make those dreams come true. If hard work is not enough, then fight for it. The loss of you made me strong. I became an independent young woman who wanted to do it all on her own. I love that I became strong, but I hate that I had to lose you to do it. I hope and pray my children become strong. I hope and pray they don’t have to lose me to become that way. I will mold them. Give them tasks to make them strong. I don’t want to leave them to strengthen them. There must be another way. I will find it. I often pray that you are able to know some of my joys.

My dearest Lauren, I appreciate your integrity, your passion, and your love for Jesus. I expect great things from you. Not great as defined by a world drunk on its own materialism, but great on a deeper level. Never let anyone dull your flame. Never let the world harden you, touch the world with your gentle heart. And what ever life has in store for you, it is my hope that you remember these things: I like special well Dorothy Colly. I pray you be good unto her. I would wot whether this be she that you wrote me of. If not, yet I pray you be good to the other as you may in her affliction, and to my good daughter Jane Aleyn too. Give her, I pray you, some kind answer, for she sued hitherto me this day to pray you be good to her. Although this poem’s subject may be an older woman who now dreads birthdays, the poem can also be ideal for commemorating the birthday of a lost daughter thanks to the way in which it discusses the possibility of one day returning to Heaven. I wish you love and laughter, / happiness and cheer, / I hope that you'll have fun / today… / And / throughout the coming / year.” 5. “Every One of Your Birthdays’ by Joanna FuchsGrant her the courage to resist peer pressure and stand firm in her convictions, even when faced with difficult choices. Surround her with positive influences and supportive friends who share her values. When my father passed away, I was 13 years old. It happened suddenly and tragically, one week before a class trip to New York City and my middle school graduation. I was not given any time to grieve. Two years later, my aunt also passed away suddenly. I was left with so many unanswered whys.