THE LIST

List of Families & Friends
Who Celebrated the Lives of Their Children

Please Say Their Names, written by Debbie Derosier, copyright 2002

Do you really think that we're okay?
Though our children have gone away? 
Do you think because we smile
We have forgotten for a while? 

I have to tell you that you are wrong. 
Their on our minds all day long. 
Though we may not let it show 
They're always on our minds you know. 

Why do you turn when we speak their names? 
Do you not know it causes more pain? 
Can you comprehend how we feel? 
Our children were here...they were real. 

We miss our children, but we must hide 
The terrible pain we feel inside. 
The lump in our throats, it hurts so bad. 
Because we can't cry although we're sad. 

We can barely speak their names 
For fear that it might cause you pain. 
We miss our children...we miss them so. 
We just thought that you should know. 

Even though we laugh and play 
We didn't forget our children today. 
Please say their names now and then. 
Please say our children's names again.