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Michael R. Wane

recovering father

In Memory of my son

James R. Wane II

Sent to us from heaven:

February 26, 1997

Returned to heaven:

May 1, 1997

When I must leave you for a little while

Please do not grieve and shed wild tears

And hug your sorrow to you through the years.

But start out bravely with a gallent smile;

and for my sake and in my name

Live on and do all things the same,

Feed not your loneliness on empty days,

But fill each waking hour in useful ways,

Reach out your hand

In comfort and in cheer

And I in turn will comfort you

And hold you near;

And never, never be afraid to die,

For I am waiting for you in the sky!

My wife and I have people ask us all the time
"What is SIDS, and why does it bother you
so much?" Then we explain to them what
SIDS is, and their typical response goes
something like this, "How can you even talk
about it, I just know I could not talk about it
no matter how much time had passed." By
this point in our lives we are pretty sure that
we have heard every acronym there is for
SIDS.

It has been 3 years since James died, and I
am now sitting here in front of this computer,
with many of his things lying about, so as to
better tell the story of my journey through the
healing process. (At least up to this point.)
However I will save that for page 2.

I hope and pray daily that I am wasting my
time with this project, and that NO ONE
WILL EVER NEED TO GO THROUGH
THIS EVER AGAIN! However, I know
better, so it is with intense itrepidation that I
set the proverbial pen to paper, so that those
that follow will know, THEY ARE NOT
ALONE.

May God grant us all peace soon.

Michael R. Wane

SIDS survivor