Thursday 4 October 2012

October is ....

Infant loss and awareness month. Sadly I know too many families who are reminded of this, every single year as they miss that pitter patter that *should* have filled their lives at some point of another.

October is a month where we share stories, learn about new stories, and just...remember. Remember the lives that touched us so briefly- whether they were born asleep, or not born at all- even those who were born awake but taken far too soon. I have been indirectly touched by so many angels , their stories, the excitement in their announcements and ultrasounds, only to be followed by my soaked shoulder when their mama was told their fate. It's not a nice club to be a part of for those families, but I'm sure they appreciate knowing, they are not alone. Nobody is ever alone in this life, we are all in this together.

So here are a few beautiful quotes I found to commemmorate October's Infant loss and awareness month.

“No one can know how much I love you, because you are the only one who knows what my heart sounds like from the inside.”   - author unknown.

 ‎”For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” -Psalm 139: 13-16

”A person’s a person, no matter how small.” -Dr Seuss

“Some say you’re too painful to remember. I say you’re too precious to forget.” -author unknown

“An angel, in the Book of Life, wrote down my baby’s birth. Then whispered as he closed the book, Too beautiful for Earth.” -author unknown

“How very quietly you tiptoed into our world, silently, only a moment you stayed. But what an imprint your footprints have left upon our hearts.’” -Unknown

“Do not judge the bereaved mother.
She comes in many forms.
She is breathing, but she is dying.
She may look young, but inside she has become ancient.
She smiles, but her heart sobs.
She walks, she talks, she cooks, she cleans, she works, she IS,
but she IS NOT, all at once.
She is here, but part of her is elsewhere for eternity.” -author unkown


 
To everyone, everywhere- if you are reminded this month of a little bean that never came to be, that went to Heaven too soon- I am sending you a big virtual hug. You can lean on me, and weap, we can laugh, we can drink a glass of wine. I send my love to each and every one of you today and always as you cope, struggle, surpress. My heart is for you. <3  Em xoxox.