On November 22nd, 2004,
Matthew Omar was born, I could not ask for more.
It was the best birthday present-my beautiful boy,
In my entire life, I’d never been filled with such joy.
He was so perfect - in every way,
And it was a blessing to share a birthday.
He looked just like a little tiny Omar,
The cutest little peanut in the world - by far!
He had ten perfect fingers and ten perfect toes,
And I was so happy that he had my nose.
With curious eyes, he’d pick up his head-
He seemed to listen to words that were said.
I remember the day that we took him home,
He was so precious and he was our own.
When he wouldn’t eat, he began to turn yellow,
They had to prick his tiny foot - the poor little fellow.
Then he decided that he loved to eat,
So he got better, no more pricks on the feet.
Matthew, while you were here, we had so much fun,
Your smile could light up a room as bright as the sun.
I’ll miss the faces that you always made,
Oh, how I wish that you could have stayed.
I never will see you learn to crawl or walk,
And I’ll never be able to hear you talk,
I never was able to take you to the zoo,
Matthew, my peanut, I had so much planned for you.
I am ever so grateful for the time we did have,
I’ll always remember you and so will your dad.
We didn’t have many weeks - only eleven.
But now you’re with Jesus - playing in heaven.
It hurts us so bad, we miss you so much.
We miss your cute little face and your soft little touch.
I know that the Lord always has a plan -
But, oh, how I’ll miss how much you loved the fan.
God knows what He’s doing, he makes no mistakes.
He never gives us more than we’re able to take.
I look up to heaven with tears in my eyes,
And ask over and over, why my little peanut, why?
I just don’t understand what could have gone wrong,
Why weren’t you with us for very long?
Everywhere I look, I see your sweet face…
But I know we’ll get through this with God’s amazing grace.
Even though now, we’re so far apart,
You will FOREVER be in all of our hearts.