Terry Gouveia

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    Poems by Terry Gouveia

  • If You Must Go


    • Published: April 2015

    in Life Lesson Poems

    If you must go, then go for a while
    Remember that first step is a hard traveled mile.

    To learn what lessons life has in store,

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    I, too, was motivated by your poem. Like Arimoon, I also allow my past to hold me back. I am so hard on myself for my past mistakes, regret, bad decisions, etc... but with each new day that...

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  • Dear God, Please Take Care Of My Little Girl

    • Published: March 2012

    in Daughter Death Poems

    Dear God, please take care of my little girl,
    The one with big eyes and soft brown curls.
    She was special, as you should know.
    I really didn't want to let her go.

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    I know that in life we are going to have are ups and downs. But I had to find the strength in me to move forward in life even through all the failures and mistakes. Poetry was my way of...

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  • My Precious Daughter Lindsey

    • Published: February 2012

    in Daughter Death Poems

    I remember it well, the day you were born
    Everyone was happy, smiling faces adorn
    The epitome of what every baby girl should be
    You were loved so much, anyone could see.

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    On July 21, 1983, I gave birth to my second child and the second daughter. They were born just 2 years 2 months and 1 day apart. I had no name picked out for her until the night she was born....

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  • Terry Gouveia
  • 2 years ago

I also lost my daughter exactly 2 weeks before her 3rd birthday, 35 years ago. And although many of you may not believe it, time does heal. You never forget, but it does get easier. I miss and think of my daughter every day, but I've come to realize that her death made me the person I am today. There was nothing I could do to help my daughter. And for that reason, I went back to school and now work in a doctor's office helping others. Grieve for your child, but don't let life pass you by. Do it in the memory of your child, because their life, no matter how short it may have been, meant something. That may have been their purpose in your life.

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