About a week after my husband died (2/19/11) I received a beautiful gift from my niece. It is a small silver heart with a hole the shape of a tear and a poem. I hope it helps all of us who are grieving. "Since Heaven has become your home, I sometimes feel so alone; and though we are so far apart you hold a piece of my heart. I never knew how much I'd grieve when it was time for you to leave, or how my heart would ache from that one fragment you would take. God lets this tender hole remain reminding me we'll meet again and one day all the pain will cease when He restores the missing piece."
I wear this heart every day along with a special cross I have and when I feel so sad or alone I hold them in my hand.