Today is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day (P.A.I.L. Day). I'm lighting a candle at 7 pm in memory of my sweet son, Gabriel Ray, whose heart had already stopped beating when I delivered him on November 10, 2005. I will never forget how tiny he was and how perfectly formed his little hand was.There were 2 other babies I lost, but they died near the end of the first trimester so I didn't deliver them or hold them or even feel them move like Gabriel. One was a baby girl, Lydia, and the other was Liam's twin.
I think about the doctors telling me, before I ever conceived even one child, that it was not likely that I'd ever get pregnant. And here I am, 7 pregnancies later. Guess they were wrong. God had other plans. :-)
Please remember to pray for the women (and men) who've lost their babies before their time. The next best thing you can do for someone in that grief process is to simply listen, acknowledge and be compassionate.
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7 comments:
(((hugs))) Just sharing in past grief as I lost a child a bit farther along than you but still a loss just the same. He was 3 when he died, he never was able to do anything a normal child could do. He just laid there all day long, he could not see, talk or sit up. So for him it was a great release when he was finally taken to be with Jesus. September 3 he would have been 34 years old, I have since had two other children with no problems, who are now grown with 4 grandsons from them.
Time truly does heal although you never forget these little ones who wait for us in heaven.
(((hugs and prayers)))
I will those I know who have experienced this type of loss today.
Lovely post.
Thanks.
Thanks for the heads up on this Jeanette. Sadly, I know too many people who have been through this. Big hugs to you.
Thank you so much for posting this. I am so sorry for your losses. I also lost my son, Christopher. I will light a candle tonight for both of our children.
(((HUGS)) Bless your heart! Saying a prayer as I remember my loss and yours on this special day!!
Bless your heart (((HUGS))). Thanks for making us aware of the day. (PS - I like your "check your boobies" reminder - funny!)
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I didn't lose a child, but I have two sisters in heaven that I haven't met :(
I really can't even imagine the grief. Hugs.
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