Poem read at Emma's funeral

In a baby heaven way up in the skies our baby plays with boys and girls and no-one ever cries Who am i to wish you back into this world of fear no, play on Emma for we know your always near At night when all is queit and time is ticking by you'll be playing happily in the starry sky we'll say a prayer and shed a little tear but play on Emma, for we know your always here xxx

Peom written by Alli Milnes x

A friend wrote this for Emma. Stubborn yorkshire lass, had to go and do it all her own way nothing mum and dad could do but watch and wait and hope and prayer and love a parent's lot whichever way it goes When all was said and all was done every effort made, every prayer prayed there was never quite enough of her to make it on her own you've given her back to the land that bred her (and you) folder withen the world kissed by the sky where her spirt lives on in the maverick rebellion of a flock of flighty birds and the wind rippling wheat, ratteling leaves Her courage she'll share with snowdrops so that they can thrust their frail heads through the frost at the end of the dark days and frail the bleak hills with their pale beauty she'll stand firm amoungst them nodding defiantly against the wind and mock january her voice with trace of notheren accent will be everywhere nowhere more then in the crow of that cockral as you passed through the lychgate 'mum' she called 'dad' dont take it hard dont take offence i love you a lot but really i'mquite happy here with my friends

An Angels Words

I wrote this for our little angel xx. Daddy don't feel hurt,, mummy please dont cry, for i'm playing happily in the starry sky, its not your fault i'm gone, you didnt get a say, but even if it was, i'd thank you anyway, for i'm happy here really I am, as i feel no-more pain, i have lots of angel friends, but parents, you my main, dont look back in sadness, remember oly the happy times, i hate too see you in a mess, i need to see you smile and please dont worry about me, i get your prayers and love still, things are just as they were meant to be, mummy and daddy i love you, i really do care, i'll save you a place in heaven, for now there is the memories you share.

Something that touched my heart

Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond glints on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain. I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning's hush, I am the swift uplifting rush of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft stars that shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there, I did not die. unknown author

I felt...

I felt our baby kick tonight, tho she has gone away. I saw our baby shine tonight, in a star many miles away. I heard out baby cry tonight, a cry to let us know shes okay. I made a wish tonight, I wished our baby hadnt been taken away xx

Dear Emma,

I drove into the cemetery, With tears in my eyes today, I placed a flower upon your grave, And bowed my head to pray, Looking at the simple marker, Nothing fancy, or overdone, I couldn't help but cry as I read, The birth and death of my little brave one, I told you how much I missed you, Your face I could clearly see, You have died, but are not lost, You will always be a part of me, There's emptiness at home now, An empty house, an empty chair, Our family is broken forever, A babies love is no longer there, So I'll say good bye for a little while, Sleep in peace and always know, I didn't want to give you back to God, He took your hand, and I had to let go, SOME PEOPLE DREAM OF ANGELS I HELD ONE IN MY ARMS