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MAMA
Mama (6/22/19) Danielle Erwin is a stay at home, home schooling
Mom of 4.
See the clouds in the sky
With the sun peeking through She lost two babies in a row through miscarriage in
That’s me, Mama January and August, 2018. Since then, writing lyrics
Talkin to you has been her grief’s catharsis.
Peering through the darkness
That little light Danielle has written over 100 lyrics/poems, and is
Is me, Mama in the process of editing and publishing them along
Watchin tonight with a book of reflections on loss, as inspired by her
two miscarriages and a Lenten Devotional for
I know you miss me, Mama women who have experienced pregnancy loss.
I know you long to hold me close
I see you desperately, She hopes to reach other women who have
Wishing you could count my toes experienced pregnancy loss through her lyrics, and
I’m watchin’ for ya, Mama to give them hope through their sorrows.
When you get to the end of your road
It’s me Mama, waitin’ for you Danielle is open to collaborating with someone who
can help her to turn her poetry and lyrics into songs.
I left a little early
Sorry I left you alone She wrote the song lyrics, “Mama,” on her way to a
God called, Mama church Moms group night out at a local restaurant.
So I had to go
He gave me to you and On her way to pick up a friend, she looked up in the
I made you smile cloudy sky and saw a light coming through a small
Don’t worry, Mama break in the clouds.
It’s only a while
She couldn’t help but think it was her miscarried boy,
I know you miss me, Mama letting her know that he was praying her from Above
I know you long to hold me close and to not lose hope.
I see you desperately,
Wishing you could count my toes She had been thinking a lot about him (Marky) since
I’m watching for ya, Mama his due date anniversary had just passed.
When you get to the end of your road
I’m here Mama, waitin’ for you It’d been a hard week.
Even though we’re so far apart The light was as if he was trying to tell her
I’m always alive in your heart something...and so she wrote as if she heard him
talkin’ to her.
Though you miss me, Mama and
Though you long to hold me close Danielle has a blog called:
I’m here prayin’ for ya, Mama “Marky, Lucy, and Miscarriage: Holding On to my
Through your highs and lows journey.”
I’ll be waitin for ya, Mama
When you reach the end of your road https://yieldingtohiswill.wordpress.com/2019/05/06/
No rush Mama, I’m waitin’ for you todays-depths/
Yeah, It’s me Mama, waitin’ for you
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