Our school held a quiet, informal service yesterday at the end of the day to give parents and pupils an opportunity to come together to pray, light candles and sign the condolence book.
In a rather emotional voice I read the following out:
The following poem was written by a member of an online community of large families, which the Gresham family were part of.
We felt it summed up what we felt we wanted to say to Nigel, Sara, Star, Liam and Amber at this time.
The Gresham Family Angels
Heaven has new helpers now, four children from ‘Down here’,
We don’t know what the reasons are…one day it may be clear
Willow, Angel, Keavy, Thor, together now ‘up there’
Other Angels will watch over you and tend your every care
The lovely Gresham family is now smaller than should be,
The hand of fate that alters lives changed seven into three
Only three on Earth that is, four spirits still live on,
They’re still a part of family life, only their bodies gone
Those four are in the sunshine, and in the sea and sky,
They will be thought of often, and sometimes you will cry
But your thoughts will not be morbid, nor miserable or grey,
Because these lives brought so much love, and still will every day
We hope that in the coming months, you find a kind of peace
And smile with your three Earthly babes when you expect it least
We cannot soothe your aching heart; we can only send our love
We all struggle to make sense of this decision ‘from above’
God Bless you Gresham family, you are in our hearts to stay
Whatever help you want from us will always come your way
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