Can it really be true? That 4 years ago today I was holding you?I promised to protect you your whole life longLittle knowing in just 11 weeks you’d be forever goneThere were no hints, no warnings - No time to say GoodbyesI’m just glad I told you “You’re a good girl” before you closed your eyesOne moment asleep – and the next you’d left ...Leaving us forever heartbroken. Shattered. BereftI miss those carefree people we were before everything changedBut I guess we’ve grown up ... learned lessons. Priorities rearranged.Not a day passes where you’re not missed. A familiar pain rises to my chestWondering what our you’d be like, your giggle –and all the restWe cling to memories of our precious time, all too shortAnd despair as with the years they slowly fade, blur and distortDays like today are especially hard - Your 4th birthday woulda been such funSummer holidays before you start big school. Pigtails n bobby socks on the school runBut know you are in our hearts sweet Kayla - till we meet again some dayTill then thoughts of you and the tears that fall - are only ever 2 blinks away xxx
This candle was first lit on the 10th of August 2013. It was relit on the 25th of December 2016 and will burn for 92 years 7 months and 4 days.