The obituary notice of Barrie LINCOLN

The hardest thing about grief
is that it doesn't end with a calendar date,
and it doesn't stop just because time has passed.
Grief settles in the soul, reshapes the heart,
and leaves a person forever changed.
~ ~
Son
I'll miss you for the rest of my life.
~ ~ ~ ~
Love
Mum
xxxxxx

Sometimes I just sit with the quiet
and let it all sink in that my son isn't here,
and nothing I do will bring him back.
It's not even about wanting answers anymore.
I just miss him.
I miss having someone who understood me
without explanation.
I miss how things felt when he was around.
It hasn't been the same since.
~ ~~ ~
Love as Always Mum
xxxxxx

To my youngest son.
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The one who looks at me from the sky.
I miss you more than you will ever know.
~ ~
When i smile, i truly want to cry.
When i'm talking, i pretend
to be happy, but i'm sad.
I'm broken.
Losing you has turned me into a
different person;
someone i don't even know.
~ ~
Only those that have lost a child
can truly understand that there is nothing
as painful as losing your child.
The heartache that a mother feels is something
that can never be described.
~ ~ ~ ~
Bar you are
Missed Each and Every Day
Love as Always
Mum
xxxxxx

I Miss My Son
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The loss of your son,
no matter how old you are,
changes your life forever.
Your son is your first and forever friend.
You never really get over the loss,
but you learn to live with it.
He is never far from your thoughts,
and he is always in your heart.
~ ~
The words "I miss you" don't seem strong enough.
They're too soft, too small, too quiet.
There's no phrase big enough for this kind of absence.
"I miss you" feels too small for what this feels.
~ ~
Whoever put a stopwatch on grieving was wrong.
Did someone just suddenly decide that we should
stop crying on a particular day?
" You're time is up, move on".
No, there is no "stopwatch" on grief.
We will grieve for the rest of our lives if we so choose.
~ ~ ~ ~
You are Always remembered each and everyday.
Love Mum
xxxxxx

The most painful words I've ever heard
were when i was told that my child was gone.
Those words pierced right through my heart
like a bullet hole, killing me instantly yet leaving
me to breathe.
It's something that i can never fully explain.
It shattered my very soul.
Those words demolished me in so many ways,
and my world has never been the same again.
I don't look at anything the same as before that tragic day.
How could I? Nothing will ever be the same again.
My heart aches and cries everyday.
~ ~
There were a million things i wanted to say to you
and Goodbye wasn't one of them.
~ ~
"He's gone; they said.
And in that moment my heart shattered
into a million pieces,
and my whole world turned black.
~ ~ ~ ~
Forever in my thoughts.
Always in my Heart.
Love Mum
xxxxxx