Retrouvaille Helped Our Broken Marriage

We have completed the entire program offered by Retrouvaille, which saved our marriage from a horrible divorce. However, the following 2 weeks after our intense weekend retreat was an absolute nightmare. I had written a post the night we returned from the retreat with high hopes in salvaging our marriage. I was on a marriage high that [...]

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The Birth of My Stillborn Baby-Part 6

The green satin memory box was filled with “things” I could touch while waiting for my Tanner to quietly be born. Nurse Tara brought this small box to me when I asked her what I should be doing while waiting. A booklet filled with support groups for pregnancy loss, options for Tanner’s body, a personal [...]

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Angel Gifts Comfort Grieving Parents of Baby Loss

Sympathy gifts given to comfort bereaved parents after the death of a baby usually have images of  sweet angel babies’.  When our first son Tanner was stillborn I was obsessed with Heaven and if I’d be able to hold him again. Years later I am wondering about Angels, how they came about and why so many baby angel gifts [...]

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Dried Flowers Honoring Angel Babies

Flowers, foliage or berries of plants within your babies’ memory garden or plants received as a sympathy gift can be dried and preserved. Early pregnancy losses, stillbirths and infant death are losses with horrific pain to follow. Flowers are the one thing I wanted delivered everyday after the death of our stillborn son Tanner. I [...]

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Flowers at Church Honoring Baby Death

Many Churches will allow members and parishioners to select a small piece of Church grounds to create a memory garden. This is ideal if you live in a town house, condominium or an apartment and have no land to plant. Most Churches welcome these gardens because great care is taken in nurturing them. This will also [...]

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What Do I Say to a Friend Whose Baby Died?

If your girlfriend baby’s has died as an infant or early in her pregnancy she needs your support more than ever. These tragic losses not only affect her emotionally, but physically.  Most likely her baby was greatly loved even before conception and the following pain creates an overwhelming amount of grief. In the weeks after the [...]

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Scrapbooking and Memorializing Infant and Pregnancy Loss

Our children who have died as a result of miscarriage, stillbirth, SIDS and other tragic pregnancy losses are still a part of our family unit. There are so many beautiful ways to keep their memories close to our hearts through the art of many crafts. Remember your angels by creating something just for them.  Poems, sky journals, [...]

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The Birth of My Stillborn Baby-Part 5

We were all moved to another room, the place where Tanner would enter the world silently. The nurse on duty was very sympathetic and showed great concern for us. The cords were hooked up into my arm and the morphine slowly entered my veins. Soon afterwards the anesthesiologist inserted the needle into my back to [...]

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Music, Memories & The Death of a Baby

  Not only does the season effect bereaved parents of pregnancy and baby loss, music may also provoke strong emotions associated with their sweet children. Even before the stillbirth of my son Tanner, I am very moved by the melody and lyrics of certain songs that touch my soul. Do you remember the songs playing on the radio about [...]

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The Birth of My Stillborn Baby- Part 4

The next phone call was to my parents in Buffalo, NY. It was very early morning and I knew they would be sleeping when I called. My mother answered the phone because it is located on her side of the bed. With her sleepy voice said “Hello”. I did not sugar coat anything because of my [...]

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