Not quite a year, - but you are not here, for the first time, a Christmas wishing that you were still near
 Gone in a heartbeat - gone too soon,
 missed is your laughter, your smiles your cheer,
 I don't know that I can make it through Christmas this year.
 A part of our family, a dear one so missed,
 it's just not the same at all
 I wrap the gifts - can barely get the tree trimmed
 I want so badly to pick up the phone and call
 I wish you were here, it's just not the same,

 I think I'll skip Christmas this year...

my candle for tj and all the children who have passed on - we remember them and honor them tonight

   *Please see my previous post*

It would be nice if we all posted a candle :)

Worldwide Candle Lighting

As we reach out to the newly bereaved, energy that has been directed inward begins to flow outward and both are helped to heal. 

We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

Held annually the second Sunday in December, this year December 9, The Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting unites family and friends around the globe in lighting candles for one hour to honor and remember children who have died at any age from any cause. As candles are lit at 7 p.m. local time, hundreds of thousands of persons commemorate and honor children in a way that transcends all ethnic, cultural, religious, and political boundaries.

The Worldwide Candle Lighting is a gift from The Compassionate Friends to the bereavement community allowing us all to join together in unity to remember and honor the memories of all children so they may never be forgotten.

Believed to be the largest mass candle lighting on the globe, the Worldwide Candle Lighting creates a virtual 24-hour wave of light as it moves from time zone to time zone. Hundreds of formal candle lighting events are held and thousands of informal candle lightings are conducted in homes as families gather in quiet remembrance of special children to always be remembered.

 *Thank you to "LadyG" for this post*