BIrthdays for Children Who Are No Longer Here

My Darling's First Birthday

I cannot celebrate with cake
And candles to blow out
I can't put you in a stroller
And proudly walk you about.
But there is a special place
Where I hold you close to me
It is deep within my heart
And there you will forever be.
Even though you aren't here
We are thankful for your birth
And we will continue someday in Heaven
The love we began down here on earth.
Happy birthday precious little one. ~Thena Smith

Your First Birthday in Heaven

Today we celebrate here on earth
The sweetness of our darling's birth
We held you for only moments when
God took you home to Him again.

Thena

Heaven For a Four Year Old

Does Heaven hold a flock of butterflies
That flitter flower to flower
A sweet meadow where a little boy
Could chase them hour by hour?

Is there a special room for trains
And toys that little boys like
Do they have skateboards to ride
And for toddlers, are there trikes?

And when I join you there someday
Will you have aged at all?
Or will my same bright eyed four year old
Answer this loving mother's call?

I do not know if we stay there
The same age forever more
I only know Heaven will be sweeter
Than anything we've known before.

And if I see a toddler
Come running to welcome me home
Or if I see a grown up young man
I'll recognize him as my own!

Thena