October is...

In October 1988, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed October as National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness month.  “When a child loses his parent, they are called an orphan.  When a spouse loses their partner, they are called a widow or widower.  When parents lose their child, there isn’t a word to describe them.  This month recognizes the loss so many parents experience across the country and world.  It is also meant to inform and provide resources for parents who have lost children due to miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, molar pregnancy, still births, birth defects, SIDS, and other causes.

I have been trying to figure out ways to honor the little ones we have lost.  I wear a pair of angel wings given to me from my husband that help me know our three little ones are surrounded in God’s love and watching over us.  I have a handmade bracelet from my mother in law that includes three angels, a prayer angel by the side of my bed, and a cross given to my from my mother that says trust.  All of these things remind me of the love I have for those little lives.  Sometimes they bring calmness and tranquility or a tear or two but these are things near and dear to my heart.  As I think about this I feel I have been able to honor our little angels on a daily basis and want to open this up to honor all the angels lost too soon and their courageous parents who deal with the heartache daily.  I’m not sure how to do this…any ideas?  I have several friends and family that have shared their journey with me and I want them to know how important each of them and their angels are.

 

"A life may last for just one moment, but memory can make that moment last forever."

In honor of little angels lost too soon:

Fox Babies - #1, #2, and #3 (miscarriages)

Jenna Dorene – precious niece

B Babies - #1, #2, and #3 (miscarriages)

Kacey Anne – still birth

M Baby - miscarriage

W Baby - miscarriage

Z Baby - miscarriage

H Baby – miscarriage

D Baby – miscarriage

S Babies - #3 and #4 (miscarriages)

Deuce – miscarriage

Baby Boy G - miscarriage

Jack – cord accident

W Baby – miscarriage

Jared Wade – SIDS

W Babies - #4 and #5 (miscarriages)

F Twins – miscarriage

Y Baby – miscarriage

W Baby – miscarriage

M Baby – miscarriage

G Baby – miscarriage

H Babies - #1 and #2 (miscarriages)

H Baby - #3 (miscarriage)

G Baby -#2 (miscarriage)

M Babies - #1, #2, and #3 (miscarriages)

H Baby – miscarriage

G Baby – miscarriage

J Baby – miscarriage

And to the babies around the world that were lost but are never forgotten and always loved.