As you can see I have moved Lost Innocents to a new platform. The move is not complete and you may run into some dead links. I am still in the process of sifting through everything, cleaning up pages, etc., and I will need to rewatermark all of the photos. I hope all of this … Continue reading New beginnings
Photographs and Stories updates
Many thanks to Molli, T., and Amber for sharing photographs of their babies. Molli's baby, George, died at 8 weeks, 4 days, and his story is on the Your Stories page. T.'s baby is the earliest miscarriage included on the Photographs page at 4 weeks and 2 days. Amber's baby, Rowan, died at 8 weeks, … Continue reading Photographs and Stories updates
Photographs update: Baby Malachi "Flipper"
My thanks to Adalia for sharing photographs of her baby, Malachi "Flipper" (their affectionate nickname), who died at age 8 weeks and 3 days. His death was discovered during an ultrasound December 15th and he was later delivered at 12 weeks. May God comfort his parents, and may his memory be eternal!
Comments problem
There is a bug with Blogger such that I can no longer access comments directly on the Photographs page. Some problem kicked in after we reached the (apparently magical) number of 200 comments. In fact, in desperately trying to read the rest of a recent long comment I accidentally deleted it. 🙁 So I'm just … Continue reading Comments problem
Innocent: The Baby at the Beginning
Five years ago today I sat in the cold, scuffed exam room with my purse clutched in front of me and heard the words, "I'm sorry, there was no movement [on the ultrasound]." When we got to the car I cried so hard I thought I would tear the lining of my throat out, as … Continue reading Innocent: The Baby at the Beginning
Long-awaited updates
I apologize for the extreme length of time between site updates! There are several to mention:Many thanks to A., Inga, Rebecca and Sara for sharing photographs of their sweet babies, and to Inga for sharing her story as well. You can find all of these on the Your Stories page and the Photographs page. May … Continue reading Long-awaited updates
Baby Dani
Thanks to Eve for sharing the story of Baby Dani (10 weeks, 3 days) with us. His story is linked in the Your Stories section and a few (not all) photographs are in the Photographs section. The full story and photographs are on Eve's blog, Ever Evolving Eve.May Baby Dani's memory be eternal!
Some Updates
As I mentioned previously, the Assembly of Bishops was to consider our proposal of a miscarriage/stillbirth booklet for clergy when they met in mid-September. As it turns out, time was too short for it to make it to the agenda. This is disappointing, of course, but our subcommittee is considering publishing it independently. When I … Continue reading Some Updates
October 15th: International Wave of Light
October 15th is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, the day set aside to remember those babies who died before birth or shortly after. In every time zone across the world candles are lit at 7 PM, and kept lit for at least an hour, in remembrance of these sweet souls. As the day progresses … Continue reading October 15th: International Wave of Light
100 Hats for Common Care
I have a challenge for my readers: can we make and donate at least 100 hats to Common Care during the next two months? I sent off nine little hats in the mail today (shown in the photo) so that's a start! Michelle (the director of Common Care) is flat out of hats and needs … Continue reading 100 Hats for Common Care
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