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 are available. After Tanner died many sympathy gifts and cards had images of baby angels on them. I loved the pictures because they offered a beautiful visual of what my baby may look like.
Angel decorative plates, angel statues and figurines, angel frames, angel jewelry, angel candles, books and music about baby angels, stuffed angel animals, angel ornaments, outdoor angel monuments, angelversary garden flags (found at http://greensborogardens.wordpress.com/2009/09/01/angelversary-garden-flags-for-pregnancy-loss/),
and angel pictures and paintings. The theme of our pregnancy and infant losses are usually that of a baby angel and what society chooses for us. Maybe it’s because the angel images are so sweet and innocent, like our Heavenly children. It was comforting to see these small children with wings, living in a place too glorious for words.
I have been very curious about the evolution of angels and why baby angels are appropriate gifts for pregnancy and infant loss.
The word “Angel” comes from the Greek word “Angelos”, meaning messenger. So an angel is a “being” sent by a Divine Individual carrying a message. Christianity, Judaism and Islam all have references to Angels, where their significant function is directly related to the Divine. The word “Angel” does not describe physical features or traits, only their intended function.
The earliest documentation of the existence of angels were in the book of Genesis. Adam and Eve were escorted from the Garden of Eden by angels. However, these angels called Cherubim were celestial animals with wings having human faces.
Looking through art history books, an early vision of a baby angel was created in the 15Th century. An Early Italian Renaissance fountain piece of a young angel holding a dolphin was sculpted by Verrocchio. Maybe the change in the physical form of angels were influenced by this poetic era, newly embracing the physical world. It could have been a combination of political, social and religious changes that prompted artists to create such picturesque angelic images.
We do know that the word angel is a “being” who is sending a message and a “being” directly in contact with our Divine. I would like to think that my Divine God allowed our stillborn son Tanner to send many messages to us. Our angels do give us signs and these messages are never taken for granted or thought of as coincidences. Open your hearts wide and receive your sweet angel messages.
Peace Love and Hugs from Above www.justacloudaway.com
Diana
Our world is empty without you,
God had another place for you to be
We lost you when you were so young,
You were barely age sixteen.
You really miss you so much.
You are playing with other young angles,
And now looking down upon us.
Send ys your blessing ,
And keep us in your thoughts
It hard living without you,
But we mus accept this as God has taught.
You should be joyous to know,
That although you are not here,
Our love for you still grows,
Oh Tonya, sweet “teen angel” dear.
(HTM)
I am so sorry for your loss! I know exactally what you are going through! We lost our daughter Madison on Dec 23, 2002 at 37 weeks along! We thought everything was fine, my mom worked for my doc office so brought home the doplar since my husband had missed the last appt. We ended up not being able to find it, rushed to the hospital there they told us she had passed away. Our whole world came crashing down! It was so hard! We are aproching the anniversary of her passing next week! You would think 6 years later the heartache wouldnt be so strong! But omg I feel like all i have done the past few weeks is cry! Its so hard, I miss her so much. We have a 4 year old son and alot of people think I should move on that i have my son now. I hate when people say that! Yes I have my son but I still miss my daughter, he in no way has replaed her! Why are people so incosiderite? I dont understand it!
But anyway, Your family will be in my prayers as we head into the holiday season!
Dear Amy,
I am so sorry for your loss while I know it is different for everyone I too am grieving.
My husband and I tried for 10 years to have a baby finally by the grace of god we got pregnant with twins.
A little boy and a little girl.
Our daughter died at 23 weeks while we have a healthy lil boy now and even my husband wont acknowledge her existence no one would til I named her alone and now everyone is like get over it and I hate that name change it.
Well the name stands and during all the holidays I wonder what she would have been like also so please, understand there are people out there who feel your pain
Proud mother of Christian and Raelynn
Catherine Englert
Amy- Hi my name is Katie and I lost my little boy in April of 2002. He should be 7 in one week. After our loss, I joined a support group and a woman had just lost her little girl named Madison. Do you remember anyone calling your Madison, another little girl and my little boy Sawyer the 3 musketeers? I know it sounds silly, but I am just curious if you are the one from that same group. Thanks for your time!
i lost a baby in 2000. all we can do is remember them and know that god loves our children and is taking care of them.
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It has been 5 months since I lost my 4 month old to pnemonia. I cant say it has gotten any easier. I have a son on the way and I stay strong for him and my family. So many people have tried to comfort me by saying nice things but even though I know they try it doesnt help. I know I will see her again someday but it just isnt soon enough. My sweet angel in Heaven, mommy loves you Kimberlynn Marie!
I am sorry for your loss. I too know EXACTLY how you feel we lost our daughter, Lily, March 3rd, 2009 at 28 weeks. we went in for our regular scheduled doctor appt. It was there they could not find a heart beat. To this day we still do not know why she was stillborn. She is our first child. It still is extremely hard, she would be a year and a half now and we miss her so much. Knowing that she is our little angel is really the only thing that gets me through the day.
Your Families are in my thoughts and prayers.
My dear Sweet baby Emery Marie Torres.
Has went to be with the lord. And is playing in
The lords garden. With the other baby angles.
R.I.P my sweet baby angle!
Mommy and Daddy love u!
10/9/2010
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I’m sorry about your loss. I hope you managed to get over. It’s a big pain. We never know what life brings us.
Hi, I too know exactly how u feel because we too lost my baby girl at 33 weeks. she too was still born. We lost her on December 8th 2009. We miss her a lot, there’s not one day that I don’t think of her. We were actually expecting twins, but i lost one at 3 months and my baby kinda gave me hope that she was there for me, but in Gods will he took her with him and so we named her our little baby angel Hope. I know how u feel too, but hang in there honey there is always a silver liniing at the end of a dark cloud. This is the message that my little angel Hope left me with.
God Bless,
Cindy Soares.