Today is October 15th Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. Light a candle at 7pm to help create a continuous wave of light around the world for 24 hours. Photograph your light! Please remember to share your location for this day as well. Wishing you all a ton of love for this sacred day of remembrance.
I have my fall choir concert tonight - this was planned while I was still pregnant, before I knew anything about Pregnancy/Infant Loss Rememberance Month or Day - and couldn't reschedule. That being said I so desperately want to be a part of this wave of light - especially during the 7 o'clock hour (when my concert will be happening). So, this morning, I placed these flameless candles on our front porch to shine all day and will shine through the wave of light. We placed three candles in honor and memory of Leah, Rachel and Gabriel. (We're suppose to have rain today, so there's plastic wrap over them to keep the candles burning.)
Today I say many prayers, not just for my children, but for the children I've learned of since Leah, Rachel and Gabriel died. I pray for the babies that family and friends have shared with us that we'll never meet, the babies of friends I've met through online and in person support groups, and for all the babies I'll never know about. Today I also give so many prayers for the families of these children. I guess the more I think about it, our babies don't need our prayers, they're pain and suffering (if there was any) is over, but for us that live without them, I pray we find peace and a way to keep their legacies and memories alive.
I pray that you, reading this, will take a moment to remember my Leah, Rachel and Gabriel and all of the babies we may or may not know about.
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