Easter Recap: Anyone else?

Petunia844

I know the holidays are always so hard, I just thought I'd share how my day went and see if anyone else wants to do the same.  We went to a big easter get together at my parent's beach house, pretty much the whole family was there and some friends as well.  This of course includes the two babies (my niece and friend's baby) who were born just a few weeks/months before Peyton.  I actually did ok, I was pleasantly surprised by my extended family.  Nobody said anything terrible about me being pregnant again or anything, some of them "sort of" acknowledged the loss by asking how I was doing or if I was doing ok...for this side of my extended family that was more than I'd hoped for.  The hardest part was just all of the kids.  I also overheard my aunt telling her MIL that I was "expecting my first" I had to run outside to avoid causing a scene.

When we left my sister gave me a card, I read it on the way home and cried...it was really sweet.  Just letting me know that she knows how hard the holidays must be and that she still thinks of my boy all the time and wishes he was with us.  That even though she's excited for the new baby, the excitement hasn't replaced her love for my son and she misses him.  It was such a nice card, and so nice to know that me and DH weren't the only ones missing our boy that day.  So I think overall my Easter was like Johnny's June's... bittersweet.  

johnnys june

*hugs*  I'm glad your sister gave you that card.  That's really sweet of her and definitely makes the "missing our babies" more bearable when we know we're not alone.

fluttergirlmoonchild79

Sounds like my Easter really.  We went to my parents' house on Saturday to have Easter with my mom's family.  It went pretty well.  I had brought Corbin's Easter basket with us and everyone wrote a little note and placed it in a plastic egg.  My aunt also told me that she talks to Corbin all the time and thinks about him constantly.  It warmed my heart.  We drove home yesterday and then turned around and went to my DH's parents for dinner. His grandpa made the comment of "you'll have a child someday."  Um, you forgot the word "another" - we already have one.  His mom lead the prayer at dinner and mentioned everyone else in the family except for Corbin.  That hurt my feelings.  My niece and nephews went outside to hunt for eggs and I just couldn't be out there with everyone.  Even though Corbin wouldn't have been old enough to hunt for eggs this year, I just had this overwhelming sense of "he should have been here."  Never thought Easter would be this difficult.

blessedhope

Your sister sounds really sweet.

Yesterday was hard and I think evenmore so because no one acknowledge that it was our first Easter without our little boy. Easter was especially hard since so many of the festivities center around children. DH and I went to church and I looked around at all the carseats and little children and held back tears.

So sorry to everyone who had a hard day yesterday. (((((((big hugs)))))))))

weddedwife

We went camping for the weekend with some friends. We did the egg hunt thing for DD at the campsite which was kind of fun. We picnicked at the lake and then drove home. It was really a nice day. Bittersweet for sure, because although it was nice it was not at all the day it should've been. Later that night we talked on the phone to both sets of parents.

The hard part is that NO ONE acknowledged that this would've been Nathaniel's first Easter, not a single person. We got no cards, no phone calls. Only our grief group leader sent an Easter card saying she was thinking of us today & always.

lhakers

"The hard part is that NO ONE acknowledged that this would've been [Sofia's] first Easter, not a single person. We got no cards, no phone calls."

Same as you weddedwife...

nuttycoconut

Yes Easter was definitely hard because the babies should have been here. I had a nice time with my family but everyone just seemed too...carefree and it bothered me. I couldn't relax and enjoy myself. I'm very glad I didn't have to deal with babies or Egg hunts, that would have been tough! My mom lit 2 candles for Max and Molly on Easter Sunday so that was really nice. She also ordered me a magnet of their butterflies in the sand. As you know, my due date was the day after Easter, so I was dreading the whole week of Easter. I'm just glad it's over with! Hugs to you ladies.