| Lights of Love by: Jacqueline Brown |
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| Can you see our candles Burning in the night? Lights of love we send you Rays of purest white. Children we remember Though missing from our sight In honor and remembrance We light candles in the night All across the big blue marble Spinning out in space Can you see the candles burning From this human place? Oh, angels gone before us Who taught us perfect love This night the world lights candles That you may see them from above Tonight the glove is lit by love Of those who know great sorrow, But as we remember our yesterday's Let's light one candle for tomorrow We will not forget, And every year in deep December On Earth we will light candles As...we remember |
Every year on the second Sunday in December at 7 PM local time, the
Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting is held for all caring people
to take the moment together and remember the children who have passed
from any cause, at any age, regardless of cultural, ethnic, religious or political
boundaries. There are hundreds of memorial services around the globe and
thousands of observances in the home with family and friends.
The United States Senate has joined the Worldwide Candle Lighting
remembrance by passing resolutions declaring the second Sunday of
December of each year National Children's Memorial Day.
This year, Kevin's family participated at the ceremony at Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia. It was extremely moving as each child's name is announced and
their family and friends lifts up high above their heads, a candle in memory of
their loved one. There were songs performed and a reading of a beautiful
poem called "Lights of Love" by Jacqueline Brown. Below is a copy of the
poem.
Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting is held for all caring people
to take the moment together and remember the children who have passed
from any cause, at any age, regardless of cultural, ethnic, religious or political
boundaries. There are hundreds of memorial services around the globe and
thousands of observances in the home with family and friends.
The United States Senate has joined the Worldwide Candle Lighting
remembrance by passing resolutions declaring the second Sunday of
December of each year National Children's Memorial Day.
This year, Kevin's family participated at the ceremony at Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia. It was extremely moving as each child's name is announced and
their family and friends lifts up high above their heads, a candle in memory of
their loved one. There were songs performed and a reading of a beautiful
poem called "Lights of Love" by Jacqueline Brown. Below is a copy of the
poem.