Remembering the Spark of Life: Today is Worldwide Candle Lighting
Please join me today in Worldwide Candle Lighting at 7pm. Whether a child dies in an early miscarriage or as an adult, their life was and continues to be tremendously precious. Light your candle for one hour and celebrate the life of your son or daughter, brother or sister, or grandchild.
There are too few opportunities where we may slow down in our busy lives. This is one of those rare times and I encourage you to be mindful of your thoughts, feelings and body as you take an hour to reflect. Take a deep breath and cry if you need to or share stories and laugh. One of the most important aspects to grief and healing is that the process is as unique as every individual. Celebrate in the way that you feel comfortable.
Here are some quotes to guide you as you create a spark on this Worldwide Candle Lighting day:
“Each new life, no matter how brief, forever changes the world.”
”We can’t know why the lily has so brief a time to bloom in the warmth of sunlight’s kiss upon its face before it folds into its fragrance and bids the world good night to rest its beauty in a gentler place. But we can know that nothing that is loved is ever lost and no one who has touched a heart can really pass away because some beauty lingers on in each memory of which they’ve been a part.” -Ellen Brenneman
“Perhaps they are not the stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones shines through to let us know they are with us.”
“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” -Psalm 139: 13-16
“Breathe. Listen for my footfall in your heart. I am not gone but merely walk within you.” -Nicholas Evans
“It’s a happy life, but someone is missing. It’s a happy life, and someone is missing.” -Elizabeth McCracken, An Exact Replica of a Figment of my Imagination
“Hope is the feeling that the feeling you have isn’t permanent.” -Jean Kerr
“The night is darkest just before the dawn.”
My hope for you today is peace, love and joy.
Love most of all.
Worldwide Candle Lighting is hosted by The Compassionate Friends, click here to learn more about them.
Many thanks to Faces of Loss, Faces of Hope for their great collection of quotes.