National Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Day!

Today is National Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Day! In remembrance of the many babies who have been lost due to stillbirth, miscarriage, SIDS, ectopic pregnancy or infant death my friend Lorisa & I put on a memory program and balloon release in honor of those loved ones. Here are Lorisa & I with all the balloons

The tables all set (this is for you Steph since you couldn't be here with us)
October was deamed National Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awarenss Month in 1988 by President Ronald Regan. If you want more information on this month & October 15th specifically you can go to www.october15th.com to read more.

We'll be lighting a candle tonight at 7pm for an hour in remembrance of all the babies who went to heaven too soon. Please join us. I wanted to remember today in honor of my niece Amanda Joy, baby bean, Nadine Ranee, and all the other babies who have been miscarried & stillborn. Needless to say, it was a very emotional morning.

We watched the video "Held" by Natalie Grant and read a couple of poems (if you want them just let me know & I'd be happy to share)

Then Lorisa told us her story about Isabella who would be 4 in January and her miscarriage. Then she read a poem and we had some discussion time.

After that I read another poem and then we watched the video "99 Balloons". We filled out these cards and attached them to our balloons. I did a balloon for Amanda Joy, baby bean, Nadine Ranee, Ma Klatt's miscarriage, and a friends miscarriages.

We closed in prayer, then we went outside & read the balloon release poem, posed for a picture and then released our balloons.

Releasing balloons.

Lorisa reading the balloon peom. (thanks so much for sharing that with us Jen - you have been such a blessing, I really appreciate all your help)

Me about to release my balloons.

All the balloons!

We are hoping to make this a yearly event and hoping to do a walk next year with balloon release! Thanks to all the mama's who showed up, I hope it blessed you.