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Shylow
She was born a preemie
on 9-15-1986
The mother could not care for
her
Her life had so much to be
fixed.
She would be eighteen now
Oh, how we miss this young lady
She was only three months old
When she came to us as a baby
She had many a problem
So many to overcome
We held her close to our heart
She'd know where the love was
from
Her mother was so very young
But alcohol was her whole life
She was single and alone
She'd never been anyone's wife
Mommy came to visit the baby
often
It was so obvious that she
loved her
She asked us to be the
Godparents
But her whole life was such a
blur
We accepted and waited to see
What would happen next
She had the baby home for a few
weeks
And things got so complex
There was this short visit
With Mommy, to see how it would
go
But Mommy gave up, chose the
alcohol
The worker came back with the
baby in tow
A few months went by all too
fast
With Mommy visiting often
We came to love the Mommy like
a daughter
She played with the baby, had
so much fun
Before she left, one sad day
She asked if we'd adopt her
little baby
She realized this was one job
She just could not do, no
maybes
We said, "Yes", just elated
Our dreams were about to come
true
But the Indian Child Welfare
Act
Was about to make us so blue
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome was a
big problem
She remained, oh, so small
Teaching her was such a joy
At one year she weighed 14.2
was all
A few months went by
These were happy days for us
But then our world fell apart
Oh, Dear God, who can we trust?
The doorbell rang one day
The worker said I should sit
down
I tried to ask, What was wrong
As on her face was a big frown
She gave us the sad news
The Mommy was found dead
Acute Alcoholism had taken it's
toll
The baby would be leaving, the
worker said
Our world was falling apart
We must have shed buckets of
tears
We never expected to lose her
This was one of our biggest
fears
The years have gone by
Shylow remains so much of us, a
part
She will always be here with us
With a very special place in
our hearts
We would give so much
To see you again, Shylow
We love you with all our heart
And losing you was such a blow.
Delilah M. (Dede) Haas
9-15-2004
Note:
We heard from Shylow when she
turned twenty
This was one of the happiest
days of our lives.
She is happy and healthy, and
has a wonderful
family.... This is all we
needed to know.
May God Bless & Guide them
always!
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