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Sue feel so sorry for you losing your only child or any child, Victoria for a child to commit suicide how could they your friends start to deal with that! Dxx

If I knew it would be the last time that I'd see you fall asleep, I would tuck you in more tightly and pray the Lord, your soul to keep. If I knew it would be the last time that I see you walk out the door, I would give you a hug and kiss call you back for one more. If I knew it would be the last time I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise, I would video tape each action and word, so I could play them back day after day. If I knew it would be the last time, I could spare an extra minute or two to stop and say 'I love you,' instead of assuming you would KNOW I do. If I knew it would be the last time I would be there to share your day, well I'm sure you'll have so many more, so I can let just this one slip away. For surely there's always tomorrow to make up for an oversight, and we always get a second chance to make everything right. There will always be another day to say our 'I love yous', And certainly there's another chance to say our 'Anything I can dos?' But just in case I might be wrong, and today is all I get, I'd like to say how much I love you and I hope we never forget, Tomorrow is not promised to anyone, young or old alike, And today may be the last chance you get to hold your loved one tight.. So if you're waiting for tomorrow, why not do it today? For if tomorrow never comes, you'll surely regret the day, That you didn't take that extra time for a smile, a hug, or a kiss and you were too busy to grant someone, what turned out to be their one last wish. So hold your loved ones close today, whisper in their ear, Tell them how much you love them and that you'll always hold them dear, Take time to say 'I'm sorry,' 'please forgive me,' 'thank you' or 'it's okay.' And if tomorrow never comes, you'll have no regrets about today. Have been reading all the threads in tears! My love and thoughts are with you all Bev

Bev and now I am in tears reading your wonderful posting thank you so much for adding that to my thread! Davex

theres a family near to my mum who lost there 5 year old son last week was knocked down

Thank you for the thread and also thank you Bev for your wonderful poems, especially the first one, altough I could hardly read it for my tears. I lost my first and only baby. He was premature and it was a breach birth, although he weighed nearly 5 pounds and I am sure, if it had happened nowadays, he could have been saved. It was in 1950 and not a day goes by without me thinking of him. He was never shown to me or given to me to hold and I don't even know what he looked like. The burial was arranged by the hospital and, until recently, I didn't even know where he was buried. Wanting desperately to know where his grave is, I contacted the local cemetery board and a very kind lady found all the details for me and even took a photograph of the place where he was buried and sent to me. She also put some flowers on the site for me and I now have something, after 55 years. You might wonder why it has taken me so long to do this but we have lived in Australia for 40 years and I just did not know how to go about it until I got my Computer. Although we were not able to have any more children of our own, we adopted 2 wonderful baby boys who we are very proud of. But I still think of my first baby every day and it would have been his Birthday on April 17th. Love and best wishes to all other Mums and Dads from Sylvia XXXX

Sylvia you are lovely Mum any child would have been proud to call you that! Davexx

I found out yesterday that my grans sister died at 5 months, my husband also lost a brother to cot death in 1969 and his other brother died on his birthday (also my daughter birthday) 6 years ago...... its heart breaking. i feel for everyone on this thread... Teri

Teri my brother died aged 51, 4 days after the millenium he was buried on 17th January 2000 on my 50th Birthday I will never forget that day for sad reasons not happy ones! Dave