Anniversary Post

Today, Tuesday January 26th, 2010 we lovingly remember Ty Gary and Tessa Marie one year after they entered this world.

Angel Message: Communication "We can communicate lovingly and clearly when we listen to the words the angels give us."

Remembering All Our Babies

It has been nearly one year since my office wall has been slowly transformed into a loving memorial by all your angel babies.

Last week I spent the better part of a day creating a 'remembrance date' card for each and every baby on the wall. I weaved them into the memory of all other families Share Southern Vermont supports creating this: a month by month remembrance reminder.

If your angel baby is on the wall, she or he or they are also in here.

Meaning, that you will receive a loving message on the anniversary of your angel's passing. It is just one more way that I feel we (all the mommies and daddies represented here) can support you on your grief road.

It has also been about a year that I have had this:

a gift from my mother. Beautiful, powerful, containing messages of all kinds about angels and how they live within our earthly lives. Like this one:

I've never quite known what to do with it, but today -- while meditating, an idea struck. We are starting anew, every year another rotation of days completes and we are left to begin, yet again, without our baby.

Each time I send a 'birthday' card, I'll also post an 'angel message'. If it is meant to speak to you -- it will.

Thinking of each of you as your season of memory arrives.

Angel Wall Update - Jan. 1010

It has been a while since this site has been updated. Not surprisingly, the break began directly after I went back to work.

The tranistion has been less than smooth, and I apologize to anyone who has felt less than wholy supported. Please know you and your children are never far from my mind.

Without further ado... sit with these gorgeous girls for a moment.

Madicken - born /died August 2nd, 2009

Jenna Belle - born May 5th ~ died May 18th, 2009

Grace Isabelle - died July 31st ~ born August 1st, 2009

As always, if you have messages for the parents of these angel babies, feel free to leave them in the comments.

If you are the parent of an Angel Wall baby and would like to connect with another parent, please email me.

Until the next update... we share our grief, we share our hopes, we will never stop loving.

Nearly To The Ceiling

The Angel Wall, that is. It nearly touches my office ceiling. I both love and hate to see it grow, much as I simultaneously celebrate and cringe when our support group gets bigger every month.

I love bringing a sense of connectedness to all the babylost parents out there. I hate that babies keep dying.

With this post, you will notice a new opportunity on the sidebar. Our Memory Bands are here. They are the kick off fundraiser for Share Southern Vermont. They say SHARE (our logo) Forever In Our Hearts.

They are a perfect token for yourself, your families and friends who want to remember and keep your babies close without always having to put it into words. For all those who remember - Please pass the word and the link.

And now, October's Angel Wall.

~We Remember Always~



Collin Michael

b /d August 9th, 2008

Willem "Will" Bernard

Fought Hard, Left This World on February 6th, 2009

Carleigh McKennah
b/d March 28th, 2009




Vianne Elvylena McLaughlin

born into the world ~ January 29th, 2009

flew from it ~ May 7th, 2009

Sisters: Olivia Louise and Elizabeth Claire

AND

Siblings...

Tred Paul ~ b/d June 5th, 2008

and

Tayla Rose ~ b/d April 10th, 2009

As always, please take a minute to hold each one of these babies, and their parents, in your hearts.

Angel Wall - Straight to the Heart

As I wrote to the parents of the gorgeous babies I'm posting today, I find that by waiting until I have four or more babies to add to the wall, each group takes on a collective life of their own. I am extremely conscious of that with these five beautiful souls, not only because I am in the midst of my grief season, but for the sheer beauty of each babe and their story.

~With Love - We Remember~

Peyton Elizabeth - Entered this world on September 4th, Departed it on October 2nd 2008

Wyatt Nathaniel Finchum - born too soon, June 1st, 2009


Siblings: Kaiden Scott and Kennedy Grace - Born too soon January 9th, 2008

Vivienne Esme

Blessed this world for nine beautiful months. Taken on February 17th, 2009

Siblings

The wall has alot of spirits on it. Each name was read at Share Southern Vermont's first annual Walk for Hope and Remembrance. (click over to see the slideshow)You can actually hear the different emotion inflected through my voice when I spoke the name of babies I know so well through their parents.

But the most heartbreaking word I had to speak that day was 'brothers' or 'sisters' or 'siblings'. The double, triple, or quadrouple loss they represented for those parents nearly broke me all over.


Today, our wall is updated with a set of gorgeous twin boys and a set of born-too-soon quads. Please take an extra minute so these parents know you remember all their children.

We Remember...

Brothers: Parker Lee Lewis and Gavin David Lewis

Born too soon on April 4th, 2009

Siblings: "The Green Beans" - Lillian Nicole Green, Heidi Michelle Green, Rylan Otto Green, and Paige Elise Green

Born too soon on January 31st and February 23rd, 2009

WEEK 10 - WITH WALK DETAILS

Before I update the Angel Wall, I want to take a brief moment to invite all parents of angel babies to send me their children's names / dates to be read at the First Annual Walk for Hope and Remembrance, hosted by Share Southern Vermont, Inc., this Saturday - May 9th.

PLEASE - WRITE OUT NAMES IN BOTH ACUTAL AND PHONETIC SPELLING SO WE PRONOUNCE YOUR BABY'S NAME CORRECTLY!

Names / dates / pronunciations can be emailed to Cara at sharesouthernvermont@gmail.com

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And Now - The Angel Wall...

Once again - I apologize to the mother's of these sweet boys for the delay in posting their beautiful images to the site.

Today, We Remember - In loving memory

Johnny Giovanni - Born Sleeping on March 14th, 2009

Brothers: Logan Ryan & Brody McRae

Entered this world...and left peacefully on January 31st, 2009

Calypso Paikea Rhyder

Born Into The World On June 14th, 2007

Left This World On July 7th, 2007