Christmas in Heaven


I see the countless Christmas trees around the world below
with tiny lights like Heaven’s stars reflecting on the snow.


The sight is so spectacular please wipe away that tear
for I am spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this year.


I hear the many Christmas songs that people hold so dear
but the sound of music can't compare with the Christmas choir up here.


I have no words to tell you of the Joy their voices bring
for it is beyond description to hear the Angels sing.


I know how much you miss me, I see the pain inside your heart
for I am spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this year.


I can't tell you of the splendor or the peace here in this place
Can you just imagine Christmas with our savior face to face


I'll ask him to lift your spirit as I tell him of your love
so then pray for one another as you lift your eyes above.


Please let your hearts be joyful and let your spirit sing
for I am spending Christmas in Heaven and I’m walking with the King.

~ by Wanda Bencke
© Copyright 1999

A Pair of Shoes---

I am wearing a pair of shoes
They are ugly shoes
Uncomfortable shoes
I hate my shoes
Each day I wear them, and each day I wish I had another pair
Some days my shoes hurt so bad that I do not think I can take another step
Yet I continue to wear them
I get funny looks wearing these shoes, they are looks of sympathy, and I can feel and tell in others eyes that they are glad they are my shoes and not theirs.
They never talk about my shoes
To learn how awful my shoes are might make them uncomfortable
To truly understand these shoes, you must walk in them
But, once you put them on, you can never take them off
I now realize that I am not the only one who wears these shoes
There are many pairs in this world
Some people are like me and ache daily as they try to walk in them.
Some have learned to walk in them, that they don't ache as much
Some have worn these shoes so long that days will go before they think about how much they hurt
No person deserves to wear these shoes
Yet, because of these shoes some day I may become stronger .
These shoes have continually given me strength to face the next day
They have made me who I am now


I will forever walk in these shoes of a someone who has lost a a child.....

May you never wear these shoes.
Anonymous

I wish ...........
You were riding in the combine with papa Nick
You were wearing your yellow pig boots
You were waking your mommy up for late night feeding
You were sleeping in your cradle
You needed a diaper change
You were going to the doctor for your routine checkup
You were spitting up on daddy
You were lying in my arms in your pink blanket
You were giving Aunt Macayla your special smile
You were being spoiled
You smelled like Johnson’s Baby lotion
You were demanding attention by crying
You were lying in bed with mommy taking a nap
You were waiting for daddy to come home from work
You were spending the day with your godparents Josh & Mickey
You were visiting your great grandparents
You were not gone
I wish you were here!

I’m Going To Be A Grandma!
“I’m going to be a Grandma!” I tell everyone I see.
It is kind of funny how they stop and looked at me,
It doesn’t even matter, if they can’t help but stare,
I tell them with the hope that they might actually care.
They just don’t understand, how important this will be,
“I’m going to be a grandma!” how fortunate for me.

And when our Elle came there were broken hearts and tears,
I knew the pain would not end throughout the coming years.
God promises us eternal life although it’s hard to see,
and for that reason we let her go and set our Elle free.
We will miss her forever and wish that she was here
but we will keep her in hearts so she is always near.

God please hold her tight and love her like we would,
tell her that we miss her and would have kept her if we could.
You see that we loved her right from the very start
we will always have an Elle embedded in our heart.

And now I am a Grandma no one can take that from me.
God blessed us with Elle,
Grandma…I’ll always be!