Remembering a Child Gone Too Soon....

Love doesn’t end with death. Families that have had a child die understand that.  Held annually the second Sunday in December, the Worldwide Candle Lighting unites family and friends who light candles for one hour to honor and remember children who have died too soon.   As candles burn down in one time zone, they are then lit in the next, creating a virtual 24-hour wave of light as the observance continues around the world.

                                       

"Lights of Love"                                           

                

Can you see our candles
Burning in the night?
Lights of love we send you
Rays of purest light.
...

Children we remember,
Though missing from our sight.
In honor and remembrance
We light our candles in the night.

All across the big blue marble,
Spinning out in space,
Can you see our candles burning,
From this human place?

Oh, angels gone before us,
Who taught us perfect love,
This night the world lights candles
So you may see them from
above.

Tonight the globe is lit by love,
Of those who know great sorrow.
But as we remember our
yesterdays
Let's light one candle for
tomorrow.

We will not forget,
And every year in deep December,
On Earth we light our candles
As........................we remember.

~unknown~