Quotes

What we have once, we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.
—Helen Keller

Then a woman said, "Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow."
And he answered:
Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.
And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises
was oftentimes filled with your tears.
And how else can it be?
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being,
the more joy you can contain.
Is not the cup that holds your wine
the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven?
And is not the lute that soothes your spirit,
the very wood that was hollowed with knives?
When you are joyous, look deep into your heart
and you shall find it is only that which has
given you sorrow that is giving you joy.
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart,
and you shall see that in truth you are weeping
for that which has been your delight.
Some of you say, "Joy is greater than sorrow,"
and others say, "Nay, sorrow is the greater."
But I say unto you, they are inseparable.
—Anonymous

Sometimes love lasts a moment.
Sometimes love lasts a lifetime.
Sometimes a moment is a lifetime.
—Anonymous

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but the moments that take our breath away.
—Anonymous

There is no foot so small that it cannot leave an imprint on the world.
—Anonymous

Gone yet not forgotten
Although we are apart
Your spirit lives within me
forever in my heart
—Anonymous

In my heart your memory lingers
Always tender, fond & true
There's not a day , dear boys,
I do not think of you.
—Anonymous

Do not stand at my grave and weep;
I am not there, we do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight of 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 no there, I did not die.
—Anonymous

"The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected."
-Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

And can it be
That in a world so full and busy,
the loss of one creature
makes a void in any heart,
so wide and deep that nothing
but the width and depth of eternity
can fill it up.
-Charles Dickens

They say that time in heaven is compared to 'the blink of an eye' for us on this earth. Sometimes it helps me to think of my child running ahead of me through a beautiful field of wildflowers and butterflies; so happy and completely caught up in what she is doing that when she looks behind her, I'll already be there. 
-Author Unknown 

An angel in the book of life wrote down my baby's birth.
Then whispered as she closed the book "too beautiful for earth.
~Author Unknown

As Long As I Live You Will Live
As Long As I Live You Will Be Remembered
As Long As I Live You Will Be Loved...Author unknown

If tears could build a stairway, and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

How very softly
you tiptoed into my world.
Almost silently;
Only a moment you stayed.
But what an imprint
Your footprints have left
On our hearts.
--Author Unknown

"To Remember Is Painful
To Forget Is Impossible."
~Maureen Connelly

Now I lay you down to sleep,
I pray the Lord your soul to keep;
Within his arms he'll hold you tight,
My Heavenly Angel, My Guiding Light. 

The mention of my child's name may bring tears to my eyes, but it never fails to bring music to my ears. If you are really my friend, let me hear the beautiful music of his name. It soothes my broken heart and sings to my soul.

Some say you are too painful to remember, I say you are too PRECIOUS to forget!

Little footprints
How very softly you tiptoed into our world, almost silently, only a moment you stayed. But what an imprint you footsteps have left upon our hearts.
-- Dorothy Ferguson

A moment in our arms...a lifetime in our hearts.

A family is a circle of love, not broken by a loss, but made stronger by the memories. We remember.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, nor touched, but are felt in the heart.
-Helen Keller

I put your name in the sand.
but the waves washed it away.
I put your name on my hand.
but I washed it away the next day.
I put your name on paper.
but I accidentally threw it away.
I put your name in my heart and forever it will stay
-By Shelby Ann Arthur

We do not remember days, we remember moments.

Sometimes love is for a moment.
Sometimes love is for a lifetime.
Sometimes a moment is a lifetime.
“We have suffered, but we have survived;
We are hurting, but we are enduring.”
-Ben Van Vechten

Dear Lord, I would have loved to have held my babies on my lap and tell them about you, but since I didn't get the chance, would you please hold them on your lap and tell them about me?

Loved with a love beyond telling,
Missed with a grief beyond all tears.

A Life may last for just a moment....
but memory can make that moment last forever...

Gone yet not forgetten,
although we are apart,
your spirit lives within me,
forever in my heart.