for childen who left too soon is tonight at 7 PM. Sponsored by Compassionate Friends
www.compassionatefriends.org The worldwide Candle Lighting is held every year on the second Sunday in December at 7 PM in every time zone, in remembrance of our children. As candles burn down in one time zone, they are lighted in the next, creating a 24-hour wave of light that encircles the globe.
"Candle Lighting"
It's time again to light the candles
And while we view the burning flames
We think of all our beloved children
And hear the reading of their names.
All who are here have suffered heartbreak
We each have felt the crushing pain
Our children dead, forever gone
We can't forget them, so we came.
To grasp a hand, to lend a shoulder
With helping friends we all will gain
Immense support and understanding
And hope ... that we can live again.
The candle lighting and remembrance
Affirms for us this truth so plain;
Our children do live on in our hearts
And their love will always remain.
~ by Karen Story, TCF, Montgomery, AL ~
As part of a group or in your own home, if you've lost a child, light a candle tonight.