This Balloon is for my beautiful Daughter Amanda Jayne who died in 1991 at the age of 21 from bone cancer, Amanda will be in our hearts for always, and my Angel will be waiting for me in Heaven. help this balloon travel the world please; Thankyou XXXX
Poem for Amanda
LOSS:
TO LOSE A CHILD IS A FEELING YOU CANNOT COMPREHEND
TO LOSE ONES CHILD IS MORE THAN LOSING YOUR FRIEND
IT IS HARD TO BEAR NO MATTER WHAT THE LOSS
YOUR MIND IS IN TURMOIL ALWAYS FEELING CROSS

PEOPLE SAY BE STRONG, TIME WILL HEAL
NO ONE KNOWS OF THE ANGER, THE GUILT THAT YOU FEEL
YOU PUT THE SMILE ON YOUR FACE, HIDE AWAY THE HURT AND THE PAIN
NO ONE LIKES TO SEE IT – SO WHAT IS THE GAIN

DAYS AND YEARS THEY GO BY SO SLOW
YOU JUST WANT TO HOLD THE ONES THAT YOU KNOW
BUT DEATH IS SO FINAL, NO HUG OR A KISS
YOU PRAY FOR JUST AN HOUR WITH THE ONE THAT YOU MISS

YOUR HEART IS SO PAINFUL, YOUR CHEST IS SO TIGHT
YOUR LOVED ONE HAS GONE BUT IN YOUR THOUGHTS DAY AND NIGHT
YOU TRY NOT TO THINK OF THE PAIN THEY WENT THROUGH
JUST TO REMEMBER THE GOOD TIMES YOU ALL ONCE KNEW

MAYBE IN THE NEXT WORLD, WHEREEVER WE MAY BE
THERE IT IS THAT OUR LOVED ONES WE WILL SEE
WE WILL HUG AND KISS AND NEVER SAY GOODBYE
YEARS FOR US – BUT FOR THEM – THE BLINK OF AN EYE
© SHIRLEY M VOLTER 1991

This is the verse on Amanda's Rememberance Card:

AMANDA JAYNE EDWARDS

YOU WERE LOVED AMANDA FOR THE
HAPPINESS YOU BROUGHT EACH DAY,
LOVED FOR YOUR KINDNESS AND YOUR
THOUGHTFUL WAY,
YOU WERE LOVED FOR THE TENDERNESS
IN YOUR HEART,
AND THE ‘MISS YOU LOTS’ WHEN
WE WERE APART.
WE LOVED YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE
WHEN WE SAID SOMETHING WRONG,
WE LOVED YOU FOR YOUR LAUGHTER
THAT LINGERED LIKE A SONG,
WE LOVED YOU FOR THE GENTLE WAY
YOU CHEERED US WHEN WE WERE SAD,
WE LOVED YOU FOR THE LITTLE THINGS
YOU DID TO MAKE US GLAD,
WE LOVED YOU FOR YOUR FAITH AND STRENGTH
YOU GAVE US ALL THE KEY,
WE LOVED YOU FOR THE BEAUTY
THAT YOU HELPED US ALL TO SEE,
WE LOVED YOU FOR YOUR LOVE OF US
SO CONSTANT AND SO TRUE,
BUT MOST OF ALL AMANDA
WE LOVED YOU BECAUSE
YOU WERE YOU.
© SHIRLEY M VOLTER 1991