Leo My beautiful Son Born Wednesday 13th June 2012 at 3:40am Weight 5lbs 5.5oz Length 47cm Briefly known... Forever Loved Blessing for Leo Loving God We come now in our pain And our hurt to thank you for Leo For his conception For the months he Was carried in his Mother Vicki’s womb And in his Father Robin’s heart; We remember that in his short life He brought joy and laughter, Anticipation and hope for the future. Yet now in our grief We remember the promise of life now been taken; Of hope turned to tears, a future which seems dark. We come As parents and grandparents To lay our questions, Our sadness and our pain, At the feet of Jesus, Who opened his arms to receive All who were wounded and distressed. Help us to know that death is not the end, But a beginning with you. O God, as Leo was cradled in the womb, Cradle him and hold him That as we let him go, We may know that he has gone From our loving presence Into yours forever In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen For you created my inmost being, you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderful made Your works are wonderful I know that full well My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place When I was woven together in the depths of the earth Your eyes saw my unformed body All the days ordained for me were written in your book Before one of them came to be Psalm 139:14-16 ~ 'Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 'Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you and before you were born, I consecrated you' Jeremiah 1:4, 5 ~ 'There is nothing in death or life, in the world as it is, or the world as it shall be, nothing in all creation that can separate us from the love of God in Jesus Christ our Lord' Romans 8:38, 39 ~ 'The Lamb who is at the heart of the throne will be their shepherd and will guide to the springs of the water of life, and God will wipe away all tears from their eyes' Revelation 7:17 ~ God who gives and takes away, please comfort Vicki and Robin and their family in the loss of their baby, Leo. Hold Vicki and Robin in Your loving arms, let them know that they are loved, and be with them and all who love them on this journey through darkness seeking light. Amen. Our Little Angel The world may never notice if a rosebud doesn't bloom or even pause to wonder if the petals fall too soon but every life that ever forms or ever comes to be touches the world in some small way for all eternity the little one we longed for was swiftly here and gone but the love that was then planted is a light that still shines on and though our arms are empty our hearts know what to do every beating of our heart says We will remember you.