Celebrating the life of Lara Stewart

We feel you in the sunshine, in a warm spring breeze

We feel you when we’re busy or down on our knees

We feel you when we laugh and remember our time

When we feel the warmth of the sun, or the chill from the skies

The seasons have changed and a year has passed 

But your memory surrounds us though time goes so fast 

Your absence is felt, our Lara so sweet

You now have angel wings but we miss the sound of your feet 

Your smile, your laugh, your zest for life 

Your unwavering strength in the toughest of fights

Your gentle embrace through a journey of strife

An inspirational heart in the shortest life

Our daughter, our sister, a heart loved by so many

We still look for answers to why, but haven’t found any 

We miss you each day, but especially today

When you put on your angel wings and flew away

It’s the hardest thing to have accepted it was your time to go

Something any parent should never have to know

But know that we miss you every step that we make

As your brother grows taller and your mother’s heart aches 

Our promise we keep to celebrate You

It might seem to others we’re making memories so new

But we feel you Lara, as a family in them all

Memories without you wasn’t what we wanted at all

But you give us the strength each passing day

But the desire to hold you doesn’t ever go away

Your wings were ready, our hearts were not

But we’re grateful for the memories and time that we got 

Know today and all days we’re still finding our way

Without you here with us because you couldn’t stay

But we imagine your wings carry you like a beautiful butterfly

Soaring above us so free, light and bright in the sky 

Your smiling above us truly free at last

But with us always as we go about our everyday tasks

Especially in moments when we need you the most

We find you in each other, In the bush, at the coast

Your wings were ready our hearts were not

We remember you today, don’t think we forgot 

There will be tears and heartache and we’ll find the strength 

To comfort those who miss you at any length 

It was the toughest of days when you put on your wings

But we rejoice for your life and the happiness you bring 

Although dear Lara, you are where you belong 

We remember you always as we continue to listen to your life’s song

Your melody still echo’s on in our family’s life song

Despite your beautiful wings, here with us you belong .....

Always.