(Terri Onorato)
Lights
are glowing softly
on
the lush, green Christmas tree,
and
candles burn with lively flames
dancing
just for me.
The
house is oh so quiet
as
my loved ones slumber deep,
it
gives me pause to think of you
before
I go to sleep.
I remember
our first Christmas,
you
were new and quite confused,
and
concluded that it had to be
each
gift was meant for you.
The
contents did not matter
be
it sweater, hat or game.
In
your mind you were convinced
each
tag spelled out your name.
I smile
and recall fondly
how
you humored me and wore
those
silly reindeer antlers
that
I found at the pet store.
But
my favorite Christmas memory
that
holds steadfast and true
is
the kiss you placed upon my cheek
when
I whispered, "I love you."
My
deepest wish this Christmas
your
first one at Rainbow Bridge,
is
that you're happy and content
along
with all of God's bridge kids.
When
Christmas morning dawns so bright
my
first thought will be of you,
and
right away I'll know that you
are
thinking of me too.
Enjoy
Christmas in Heaven
you
are Home where you belong.
Merry
Christmas from us both,
we
love you always...Dad and Mom.
A
Gift Of Paws
(Terri
Onorato)
In
the silent Christmas morning
my
heart begins to ache
as
feelings from the day you left
dawn
slowly with daybreak.
I say
a prayer of grateful thanks
for
the life that I've been blessed
and
ask for strength so that I might
through
pain find happiness.
God
sent you as a present
though
not received on Christmas day,
a
gift of paws that reached down deep
and
stole my heart away.
Tears
are part of healing,
each
one shed will ease the pain,
so
that memories will come to mind
in
a most dynamic, ardent way.
I doubt
that you would want me
to
spend this day in tears.
I
know you'd rather see me smile
as
from atop a cloud you peer.
Though
a time or two I've lost my way
since
the Keeper called you Home,
now
faith restored by angel paws
will
never come undone.
A loving
aura fills the sky
as
you rest on clouds of fleece,
and
angels gently tuck you in,
may
you sleep in heavenly peace.