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#1: All night, all day... Author: Xanthe, Location: London/Cambridge

Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 8:05 pm

All night, all day; angels watching over me, my Lord. All night, all day, angels watching over me…

There were butterflies in the garden today. Lots of them, yellow ones. My Robin was chasing them, trying to catch them, but they were much too fast for her. Poor little thing. Not that she really minded, and I prefer not to see things caught like that, but still. I still have this cough, it just won’t seem to shift at all. No matter though.

Now I lay me down to sleep, angels watching over me my Lord; I pray the Lord my soul to keep, angels watching over me.

Robin is a funny thing over her prayers. She knows them well, and says them nicely, but her own prayers – now those are something special. She prayed for me to not be so tired always, as well as the usual “Bless Mummy” that always makes my heart jump. I am so blessed.

If I die before I wake, angels watching over me my Lord, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, angels watching over me.

I don’t want to have to say goodbye. Not to all these earthly things I have come to know so well, but most of all, oh most of all, not to Ted, and not to my Robin. I want to stay here and look after them. I want to see my Robin grow and have her fly my nest. I want more sunrises, and more sunsets. I want more time, simply. But it is not to be. And what have I to fear in death?

If I live forever and a day, angels watching over me my Lord, I pray the Lord to guide my way, angels watching over me.

Maman, maman – que je veux maman…

#2: Author: Julie, Location: Edinburgh

Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 8:08 pm

Xanthe that's beautiful. I'm almost in tears

#3: Author: Beth, Location: Back in Durham...nearly finished a whole year!!

Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 8:27 pm

Thank-you Xanthe - that's made me go all tingly. Beautiful.

#4: Author: RuthY, Location: Anyone's guess

Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 8:38 pm

Thank you xanthe - that's beautiful and so sad

Ruth

#5: Author: Sophoife, Location: down under Down Under

Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 9:07 pm

sniffle sniffle sniffle xan - and not cos I have the flu!

#6: Author: Lesley, Location: Allhallows, Kent

Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 9:10 pm

That is so sad. Crying or Very sad

Thanks Xan.

#7: Author: francesn, Location: away with the faeries

Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 9:46 pm

Xan that's so beautiful....

*Cries over the last line*

#8: Author: Alice, Location: London, England

Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 10:27 pm

That was beautiful Xanthe.

#9: Author: Vikki, Location: Sitting on an iceberg, freezing to death!!!

Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 11:14 pm

*hugs Xan*

Thank you sweetie, that was beautiful!

#10: Author: Xanthe, Location: London/Cambridge

Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 11:24 pm

#11: Author: LizB, Location: Oxon, England

Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 11:39 pm

That was beautiful - thanks Xanthe

Liz

#12: Author: Sugarplum, Location: second star to the right!

Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 12:57 am

awww Xan that was beautiful

#13: Author: Ally, Location: Jack Maynard's Dressing Room!!

Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 7:26 am

Thank you Xanthe, that was so beautiful.

Crying or Very sad

#14: Author: Ruth B, Location: Oxford, UK

Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 9:26 am

I'm all goosbumpy.

That was beautiful Xanthe, thank you

#15: Author: Carolyn P, Location: Lancaster, England

Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 9:26 am

Wow, xanthe, that was...I still haven't stopped tingling. Excellent.

#16: Author: Nell, Location: London, England

Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 9:47 am

Thank you Xanthe, that was beautiful.

#17: Author: pim, Location: the Derbyshire wilderness

Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 10:00 am

Wow, that was amazing. Thank you Xanthe.

#18: Author: Kat, Location: Swansea

Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 12:46 pm

Xan, that was beautiful and so weepifying Crying or Very sad

Thank you

#19: Author: Susan, Location: Carlisle

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 12:02 am

Xanthe thank you for such a beautiful story.

#20: Author: Joey, Location: Cambridge

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 10:07 am

Wow, Xanthe. That was amazing. Thank you so much.

#21: Author: Sarah_G-G, Location: Sheffield (termtime), ? any other time!

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 10:12 am

Thank you. I'm not coherent anough to add anything more original than what has already been said.

#22: Author: JackieJ, Location: Kingston upon Hull

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 9:05 pm

I know it's already been said many times but that was beautiful Xanthe - thank you for writing it.

JackieJ

#23: Author: Xanthe, Location: London/Cambridge

Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 2:03 pm

Thank you very much Embarassed

I'm glad you all like it... the product of a random stealth bunny and the time of year I think.

#24: Author: Dawn, Location: Leeds, West Yorks

Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 11:21 pm

thankyou Xanthe

#25: Author: patmac, Location: Yorkshire England

Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 5:21 am

That was lovely, Xanthe. Thank you.

#26: Author: Mora, Location: Lancaster

Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 9:23 am

So beautiful. Thank you. I've been going round singing the song all weekend.

#27: Author: Xanthe, Location: London/Cambridge

Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 10:44 am

Mora wrote:

I've been going round singing the song all weekend.

Oh dear, I do hope no-one objected...

#28: Author: Mora, Location: Lancaster

Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 3:26 pm

Well they didn't understand why it was making me sad, but they haven't killed me for it so they can't mind that much.

#29: Author: aitchemelle, Location: West Sussex

Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 3:42 pm

Thank you Xan..... *wibbles *..... * Crying or Very sad

gives in to tears Crying or Very sad

#30: Author: Xanthe, Location: London/Cambridge

Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 4:20 pm

Mora wrote:

Well they didn't understand why it was making me sad, but they haven't killed me for it so they can't mind that much.

okaaaaaaaaaaaay Shocked

#31: Author: Nicci, Location: UK

Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 7:45 pm

*sniffles* that was so tenderly written Xanthe.

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