Amanda Johnson Middleton

A Mother's Prayer

Lord, today is Mother's Day, but my heart is split in two.

Half is with the child still here,

The other with the child that is now there with you.

All the lovely presents are a nice surprise,

But the one thing I want most is missing,

And tears fill my eyes.

I know when you sent him, Lord,

You didn't promise how long he would stay.

All you said was to love him and treasure each and every day.

But Lord, it crushed my heart when you called for his return.

I feel like half a Mom, as I ache, weep and yearn.

But Lord, tell him I love him just as much as I did before.

And could you please make a window,

so he can see through heaven's door ?

Let him see that he is missed and thought of with each breath.

And that a Mother's love begins before life, and does not end with death.

So, on this Mother's Day, the Greatest Gift, I give to you.

For Lord, I know you missed him and you loved him, too.

                                        -Author Unknown-

I just found out today that Amanda passed away and on behalf of the Mauldin High School Class of 1999, we wish to offer our condolences. Our ten year class reunion is planned for August 15th, 2009 and she will be missed. I will create a table in honor of her, with a candle buring next to her picture. 

An angel is always by your side...

Listening to your heart...and showing you the way...

making you smile everday!

~Hugs to you~

I'm sorry that I did not know you, Amanda, but it seems as if I do through your wonderful sister Angela. We don't understand why bad things happen to good people but one day we can ask God. The same thing happened to my neighbor Nick and left three great kids too. So, through you, Angela, Amanda's memory lives on with everyone around you. She is now with our Heavenly Father and knows only love and joy. God bless her family and all her loved ones and may she always be remembered as the person she was. So, through a heavy heart, may we celebrate her life 'til that wonderful day we'll see her again just through those pearlly gates of Heaven. In Christ,

                                                                                                                  Rick

Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night.  I miss you like hell.