09/14/07

"How Does One Become a Butterfly?"

"How does one become a butterfly?" she asked pensively

"You must want to fly so much 
that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar"

"You mean to die?" asked Yellow...

"Yes and no," he answered

"What looks like you will die,
but what's really, you will live"

~by Trina Paulus, From Hope for the Flowers

Daddy's Prayer

Dear God, I need to know, why did you take Abby above?
I am her Daddy, she was my little girl.
I miss her so much since she went to heaven.
I cry everyday, I am so sad without her.

I long for the day I can hold her again.
If I had one more chance, I'd hug her real tight.
I'd tell her I love her and kiss her good-bye.

Tell her I miss her, and think of her every day.
She is forever in my heart.

 Abby's Daddy

Broken Chain

We little knew that morning,
God was going to call your name,
In life we loved you dearly,
In death we do the same.
It broke our hearts to lose you,
You did not go alone,
For part of us went with you
The day God called you home.
You left us beautiful memories,
Your love is still our guide,
And though we cannot see you,
You are always at our side.
Our family chain is broken,
And nothing seems the same,
But as God calls us one by one,
The chain will link again.

Author Unknown

"While Waiting for Thee"

Don't weep at my grave,
For I am not there,
I've a date with a butterfly
To dance in the air.
I'll be singing in the sunshine,
Wild and free,
Playing tag with the wind,
While I'm waiting for thee.

Author Unknown

A Butterfly

A butterfly lights beside us like a sunbeam.

And for a brief moment, its glory and beauty belongs to our world

And then it flies on again.

And though we wish it could have stayed,

we feel blessed to have seen it.

Author Unknown.

Abby Cadabby Moves to 'Sesame Street' 

Meet Abby Cadabby, the newest resident on Sesame Street -- and the first leading female character on the children's show. Sesame Street © 2006. August 11, 2006. Sesame Street's got a new girl on the block: Abby Cadabby. The 3-year-old muppet fairy will be the long-running PBS children's show first leading female character.