My hope is to help bring encouragement,
healing, and support to others going through miscarriage.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

In Loving Memory

I have been trying to think of something to do to honor our little babies' short lives.  Luke has already shot down my tattoo idea ;) so don't even try... But I'd like to know if any of you have some ideas.  What have you done (those of you who have been here) or heard of people doing to commemorate?

4 comments:

  1. I think that if I would want to do something to commemorate something like this I would have a custom ring made that contained the following:

    The words: Hope, Faith, Love

    Hope: for the hope that you have to one day be able enjoy the pitter-patter of little feet in your home, but also the hope that you have in the Lord, knowing that He is faithful.

    Faith: for the faith that you have in the Lord that no matter how big the joy or deep the sorrow that the Lord our God is good and just, and that He never gives us more than we can handle, and that He turns our bad situations for good.

    Love: that through these things you and Luke have grown to love each other more deeply and that, despite the life situations that we are brought through, that we will still declare our love for God.

    I think that in order to incorporate these two babies, I would use what would have been their birth month birth stones...I could draw you a picture if you wanted...
    But I think that this would not only honor them but also give you a conversation starter so that you can share your story and your faith through this situation.
    Hope this helps,

    Tamara

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  2. Hi, Erin : )
    My name is Alex, and I am Naomi and Mike's neighbor. I am so sorry to hear about your losses (I can't imagine going through it twice-wow)! Naomi and I recently became friends on facebook, and she saw the link to my blog, learned about my loss last summer, and told me that you were looking for ideas here about commemorating your losses. I have found so many amazing blogs and ladies who do beautiful things to remember our lost babies! There is a fantastic blog called forget-me-not, oh lord! written by Jamie, a lovely Christian mommy who experienced a loss last summer. She has several links to sites on her blog that show amazing ways to commemorate your losses: there are beautiful doves made by a BLM named Jessica, names written in the sand by a lady named Carly Marie who had a stillborn little boy 4 years ago, names written on blades of grass by Mary, who lost her lucky number 7 baby last year, and many more! (I mentioned all the one's I have done). I hope this helps.
    Alex

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  3. Hi Erin,
    I wanted to let you know that I too just experienced a miscarriage. I've been writing about it a lot on my blog. Before I lost the baby, actually before I was pregnant, God had given me a name for the baby. I had made a onesie for my baby with the first letter of her name on it, and I'm keeping it as my memorial. I do think there's something special about making something; it's like a tangible way of investing your heart in it, and acknowledging that in a way, part of you has died. It's been really helpful to me to fully acknowledge the loss in that way. Did your babies have names?
    -Debra

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  4. Thank you for all the ideas, ladies. We did not have names picked for our babies and I'm not sure how I feel about choosing them now. Another idea I've had is to sponsor a child through Compassion in honor of them. I like the idea of helping someone else, but I also like the idea of having something tangible.

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