Children are a gift from God, created by His hand.
Each is wrapped uniquely, according to His plan.
He breathes in them the breath of life and numbers all their days,
Appoints to each a purpose, according to His ways.
He chooses very carefully to whom He sends each one,
And then He waits expectantly as each gift is undone.
One day God wrapped a special gift. Inside it He placed you.
He then delivered it to me and watched what I would do.
Instead of opening up my gift, I gave it back to Him
Choosing to give up the life that He had placed within.
I wish there was a way that He could send you back to me.
For now the treasure of your life my eyes would surely see.
The gift of you has changed my heart, more than words can say.
And now that I’m forgiven, I am longing for the day
When I can open up my gift and see you face to face,
And finally hold you in my arms in God’s eternal place.

by Debbie Heydrick and Lisa Robertson

How very softly
you tiptoed into my world.
Almost silently,
only a moment you stayed.
But what an imprint
your footsteps have left
upon my heart.

Quietly I’m remembering you
in the silence of my heart.
Each thought of you, a treasure
while we are now apart.

At times I’m filled with longing;
Your face I’d love to see,
To feel your warmth, to hear your voice,
to have you here with me.

But God has a plan; He created you
and numbered all your days.
May he hold you in His loving arms
and surround me with His grace.

With the hope of reunion in Heaven one day,
I entrust you in His care.
Cherished memories of you live on in my heart.
Your life is a gift we share.
by Debbie Heydrick

I want to teach my students how to live this life
on earth, to face its struggles and its strife
and improve their worth.

Not just the lesson in a book or how the rivers
flow, but how to choose the proper path
wherever they may go.

To understand eternal truth and know the right
from wrong and gather all the beauty of a
flower and a song.

For if I help the world to grow in wisdom and grace
then I shall feel that I have won and I have filled
my place.

And so I ask your guidance, God
that I may do my part for character and confidence
and happiness of heart.

Amen.

May the road rise up to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back,
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
And the rains fall soft upon your fields,
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.