Just For Today
Just for today, I will try to live through the next 24 hours,
And not expect to get over my child’s death,
But instead learn to live with it, one day at a time.
Just for today, I will remember my child’s life, not his death,
And bask in the comfort of all those treasured days and moments we shared.
Just for today, I will smile no matter how much I hurt on the inside,
For maybe if I smile a little, my heart will soften and I will begin to heal.
Just for today, I will reach out to comfort a relative or friend of my child.
For they are hurting, too, and perhaps we can comfort each other.
Just for today, I will free myself from my self-inflicted
burden of guilt, for deep in my heart I do know if there was
anything in this world to save my child from death, I would have done it.
Just for today, when my heart feels like breaking,
I will stop and remember that grief is the price we have to pay for loving,
and the only reason I hurt is because I have had the privilege
of loving someone so very much.
Just for today, I will not compare myself to others,
I am very fortunate to be who I am
and to have had my child for as long as I did.
Just for today, I’ll allow myself to be happy, for I know
that I am not deserting him by living on.
Author Unknown but could’ve been me…