Tonight we are remembering all those babies and children got too soon. To those who continue to share the life and spirit of that special one, we are thinking of you.
Tonight I am reminded of the families who have received a diagnosis and may already know that this candle will be in their future. I am hoping for your miracle.
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Crazy to think we are half way through the month of October already! Today is a time of great reflection as we light a candle in memory of our little lady and also for the baby lost to miscarriage.
This is the first year that we will not be home at 7pm to participate in the wave. Instead of the waiting to light a candle until nightfall I chose to keep my Scentsy nightlight on all day with a scent that reminds me of fall and babies. It was actually comforting to come home from a walk and smell the reminder of their memory in the air.
We wouldn’t be where we are today if we hadn’t have Clara or the miscarriage. As I set up the candles and Clara’s picture my little ones again asked questions and talked about her. Haleigh took one of Clara’s stuffed bears for her animal collection.
We talked about other babies and young children who we light these candles in memory of. So many that Preston, “Mom, that’s too many. I can’t remember them all.”. I told him that is why we do this project. We hope that nobody else has to know what it is like to lose a baby. We don’t want anyone to forget Clara or any other baby along the way.
Together we said a prayer for all the families that will always have a little piece of their heart in Heaven. Tonight we will be thankful for the time we had and the life we held in our arms and the life we had hoped to hold.
“I’ll lend to you for a little time,
A child of mine,” God said,
“For you to love while he lives
And mourn for when he’s dead.”
“It may be one or seven years
Or twenty-one or three,
But will you till I call him back,
Take care of him for me?”
“He’ll bring his charms to gladden you
And should his stay be brief,
You’ll have these precious memories
To comfort you through grief.”
“I cannot promise he will stay
Since all from earth return.
But there are lessons taught down there
I want this child to learn.”
“I’ve looked this world over,
In my search for teachers true.
In the crowds of this great land,
I have selected you.”
“Now will you give him all your love
Not think the labor vain,
Nor hate me when I come to call
To take him back again?”
I fancied what I heard them say,
“Dear Lord, Thy will be done.
For all the joy Thy child shall bring,
the risk of grief we’ll run.
We’ll shelter him with tenderness,
we’ll love him while we may,
And for the happiness we’ve known,
forever grateful stay.
But should the angels call for him,
sooner than we’ve planned,
We’ll brave the bitter grief that comes
and try to understand.”
Edgar Guest
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#WhatHealsYourHeart
Today is October 15, 2013 and Pregnancy, Still birth, and Infant Loss Awareness Day. Tonight at 7pm we light a candle to remember those gone too soon.
A candle lit in memory of Clara (1/21/09- 5/12/09) and 1 for our miscarried baby (5/21/12). Thinking of all the babies lost too soon.
