Tomorrow is Wyatt's 4th angel day. I truly can't believe it's been 4 years since I held him in my arms. Has time healed my heart? No I still have a huge hole there but time has made everyday living a little easier. Last week I was on facebook and saw a video from our church about death and on it had some parents talking about their children that had died and how they were grateful for the knowledge of the gospel and how we can be together forever. I totally agreed with everything that was said. So grateful for that knowledge and for my Savior and the hope and help he gives me. My favorite part though was at the end when a father was talking about how yes they are grateful for the gospel but that he still longs everyday to hold his little girl, to give her a hug and to kiss her little forehead. That is exactly how I feel. I will feel that way the rest of my life. Time does not take away that longing. Lately I've felt that deep longing more intense and it's been hard. I have added this video to the end of this post.
Yesterday at church we sat behind a little boy that looked a lot like Wyatt. About the same age as Wyatt before he died. Does that get any easier? No, it's still just as hard or harder. He was chewing on his thumb just the same way as Wyatt did. His little fingers made my heart ache and I held back the tears. I miss him, plain and simple I miss him and long to hold him again.
Today is the start of our spring break. It's beautiful here with all the blossoms out just like the day we buried our little boy. We are not going anywhere but staying home for spring break. We will be releasing butterflies at Wyatt's grave tomorrow as we do each year. This year we have his bench thanks to so many wonderful friends and family. We are so grateful for that! We will spend time as a family enjoying each other and remembering the fun times we had with Wyatt. I truly look forward to the day when my heart will be complete again, when Wyatt will be in my arms.
Chewing on his thumb.
If you watch this video you will want to go to my sidebar and pause the music.
Thank you for sharing- I love that video. It speaks right to my heart...we will be thinking of you & our little Taytam tomorrow. Tomorrow she would have turned 10 months old :)
I was thinking of you the other day, knowing this time of year can bring such intense emotions. It's been a while since I've let you know, but I think of you all the time and feel so grateful that our paths crossed when they did and the incredible source of strength and example you've always been. Please know you'll be in my thoughts and prayers especially tomorrow. Lots of love and hugs to you!
Thinking of you, your family and Wyatt today. What a sweet little boy! I cannot even imagine how much you must miss him. I hope you are able to feel his spirit with you today as you celebrate his life. Hugs!!
Wyatt had a little cold the weekend before he passed away. We took him into the Dr's thinking he might have RSV at the worst. The Dr. admitted him to the hospital and they took a chest x-ray. That's when we found out he had an enlarged heart caused by a virus. There was no indication before this that he had any problems. He was healthy and happy. He needed to be life flighted to Primary Children's Hospital. When they put the breathing tube in, Wyatt went into cardiac arrest. The CPR caused brain damage. He never woke up after that. They were able to stabalize him enough to make it to primary childrens. We had to take him off life support 3 days later. He left this earth peacefully in the arms of his parents. We know we will have our little boy again someday. What a glorious day that will be!
"No Empty Chairs"
President Ezra Taft Benson said "God intended the family to be eternal. With all my soul, I testify to the truth of that declaration. May he bless us to strengthen our homes and the lives of each family member so that in due time we can report to our Heavenly Father in His celestial home that we are all there--father, mother, sister, brother, all who hold each other dear. Each chair is filled. We are all back home."
"Parents who have surrendered the sweetest and smallest flowers from the family's garden need to remember our Heavenly Father. He has promised a special reward to those who now suffer in silence, who spend long days and longer nights through their trying times of bereavement. Our Creator has promised glory. He said, "For after much tribulation come the blessings. Wherefore the day cometh that ye shall be crowned with much glory; the hour is not yet, but nigh at hand." (D&C 58:4) That promised glory includes the blessing of reunion with each child who has left the family circle to help surviving members of the family to draw nearer to God. Those children still live and are a heritage to the Lord."
Russell M. Nelson
"Mothers hold their children's hands for a short while but their hearts...Forever"
President John Taylor once said: "that the best explanation he could offer why so many little children among the Saints were called away, notwithstanding the great faith and power of the priesthood exercised to keep them here, was that they were bright and noble spirits who held important positions in the kingdom of God in the spirit world, from which they could not long be spared., They were given brief furloughs, long enough to come to earth, take upon themselves bodies of flesh and bone that they might be prepared for a resurrection to a kingdom of glory; and after a short experience in mortality were called back to resume important labors in a higher sphere."
A good grief
Compensation
"The Lord compensates the faithful for every loss. That which is taken away from those that love the Lord will be added unto them in his own way. While it may not come at a time we desire, the faithful will know that every tear today will eventually be returned a hundredfoldwith tears of rejoicing and gratitude." -Joseph B. Wirthlin
"In the gospel of Jesus Christ you have help from both sides of the veil and you must never forget that. When disappointment and discouragement strike, and they will, you must never forget that if our eyes could be opened we would see chariots of fire as far as the eye could see riding at wreckless speed to come to our protection (see 2nd Kings 6:16-17). They will always be there, these armies of heaven, in defense of Abraham's seed."--Dallin H. Oaks
Joseph F. Smith said: "Joseph Smith taught the doctrine that the infant child that was laid away in death would come up in the resurrection as a child; and pointing to the mother of a lifeless child, he said to her: ' You will have the joy, the pleasure, and satisfaction of nurturing this child, after its resurrection, until it reaches the full stature of its spirit.' There is restitution, there is growth, there is development, after the resurrection from death. I love this truth. It speaks volume of happiness, of joy and gratitude to my soul. Thank the Lord he has revealed these principles to us."
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Wyatt--September 21, 2007- March 13, 2008
Michelle's list(Angel James' mom)
When Someone you Love is Bereaved I know a lot of people just "don't know what to say/do" so they don't do anything. Not doing anything is the wrong answer. Hopefully this list can help you help the ones you love in their journey of Grief.
1. First and foremost TALK about the loved one who's passed. Even if it uncomfortable at first, it will become easier.
2. If you didn't know the person at all or very well, ask to hear about them and learn of them through stories.
3. Don't ever put a time line on someone's grief.
4. Saying things like, "They are in a better place." Really isn't comforting. It makes the bereaved feel like the place they had with them wasn't good.
5. If you don't know what to say, just say, "I'm So sorry you have to go through this."
6. If the person needs to analyze the circumstances surrounding the death, let them just talk and rehash anything as many times as they need to.
7. Don't assume they are ever "better." It never gets better and will be a part of them for the rest of their lives.
8. Don't underestimate how frazzled, abscent minded & spacey grief can make you.
9. Pamper them if you have means. Retail Therapy worked great for me! So did pedicures and getting my hair done, I felt awful on the inside, at least I could try to feel good about me on the outside.
10. Love notes. Emails. Thinking of You cards. Thinking of the bereaved person cards.
11. Do not, I stress Do not get offended if your loved one doesn't answer his/her phone or return your calls. Don't assume that they don't appreciate your effort. It's just that someone bereaved doesn't want to put on a "happy voice." and burden everyone with their grief.
12. Most bereaved people will not offer information on how they are doing unless they truly feel like you want to know.
13. Validate.Validate.Validate. Please whatever you do, don't compare your loved ones loss to someone elses' "harder loss". Every loss is hard. Comparing makes the person feel like they shouldn't struggle because it could be worse.
14. The comment "but aren't you grateful you know you see them again" isn't comforting. It is not a fix all. It is comforting, but it doesn't take the pain out of not having them now.
15. Just make sure they know you love them. Be a shoulder to cry on.
Every year I get a picture of our family by the Christmas tree. The year Wyatt was with us we didn't get a very good picture and I remember thinking I will just get a better one next year. Well, I will never think that again. You never know what a year will bring. I'm grateful now I at least have this picture of all my kids together even though it's not the greatest picture of each kid.
Joseph Smith said: "I have meditated upon the subject, and asked the question, why is it that infants, innocent children, are taken away from us, especially those that seem to be the most intelligent and interesting. the strongest reasons that present themselves to my mind are these.....The Lord takes many away, even in infancy that they may escape the envy of man, and the sorrows and evils of this present world; they were too pure, too lovely to live on earth; therefore, if rightly considered, instead of mourning we have reason to rejoice as they are delivered from evil, and we shall soon have them again....The only difference between the old and the young dying is, one lives longer in heaven and eternal light and glory then the other, and is freed a little sooner from this miserable, wicked world. Not withstanding all this glory we for a moment lose sight of it, and mourn the loss, but we do not mourn as those without hope."
Orson F. Whitney said: "No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to our education, to the development of such qualities as patience, faith, fortitude and humility. All that we suffer and all that we endure, especially when we endure it patiently, builds up our characters, purifies our hearts, expands our souls, and makes us more tender and charitable, more worthy to be called the children of God...and it is through sorrow and suffering , toil and tribulation, that we gain the education that we came here to acquire and which will make us more like our Father and mother in heaven. "
5 comments:
Thinking of you! It is such a great blessing to know that we will see our little ones again!
Julie
Angel Taylors Momma
This video is amazing.. I have chills and tears and I just love the Prophets powerful voice, "You sall live again!"
Thanks for sharing this!
Thank you for sharing- I love that video. It speaks right to my heart...we will be thinking of you & our little Taytam tomorrow. Tomorrow she would have turned 10 months old :)
I was thinking of you the other day, knowing this time of year can bring such intense emotions. It's been a while since I've let you know, but I think of you all the time and feel so grateful that our paths crossed when they did and the incredible source of strength and example you've always been. Please know you'll be in my thoughts and prayers especially tomorrow. Lots of love and hugs to you!
Thinking of you, your family and Wyatt today. What a sweet little boy! I cannot even imagine how much you must miss him. I hope you are able to feel his spirit with you today as you celebrate his life. Hugs!!
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