This Little Light of Ours
Dearest Owen ~
Our days without you are long. Trying to grasp the time that continues to slip from us, it’s been a year? There are days I sit so still as life seems to move like spinning cups around me – dizzy. There are days I wish the world would back spin; stuck in reverse just long enough for another day. I long to go back to that walk; our first walk together, looking up at me your father guiding us through bright hallways - peaceful. To go back and feel that hope again in lieu of darkened paths. Your eyes so bright and wondrous holding you heart to heart, letting you go has torn me so - broken. In these days that seem so dark and isolated we have managed to allow the light to guide us. This little light your light Owen, God’s gift to us your shining love that encompasses us with His – grace.
We are forever grateful for your life. We are so proud of you and how hard you fought to meet us and be a part of our life for four months – warrior. Because of you we know what it is to truly love unconditionally – agape. To speak kinder, to be more accepting, to trust in the Lord, to live our lives so we too my be healed from this world – inspired. We have faith that we will pick-up where we left off walking towards hope, perhaps hand in hand this time in His light.
We love and miss you sweet boy ~ Mom & Dad
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life." (John 3:16)
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To those of you that continue to bless our lives in prayer and thought, we thank you. It has been a trying year and having your support has aided us greatly, even if it is done in silence. We are still very new to the grieving process and though we are managing to conceal it better each day, it does not mean it has depleted. Don’t let us fool you we are broken, broken and hopeful. Accepting that your child has been healed doesn’t make you hurt less, grieve less and certainly not cry less. So we ask that you continue to pray that God will continue to work in our hearts and that we continue to be inspired by the life He blessed us with – Owen forever.
We hope you will join us in remembering Owen. One year ago today, July 8th, Owens light went dark from this world. Yet, it continues to burn within us. Please light a candle for him today and remember his life - be light today and shine.
In the presence of immediate family we will be gathering this Saturday to release five dozen butterfly’s for Owen and thanking God for the gift of his life. Thanking God for how in the span of his short life, he touched so many others and how He used Owen to change lives, to encourage parents to hug their children a little tighter, for strangers to come together, to be kinder and gentler in this world, to love – blessings counted.
