Remembering our angels

shandorfml2

Wanted to put a positive focused topic up.

What things are you doing to remember your baby? What memories do you have that make you happy?

I have pictures of her up, and that makes me happy. I talk about her a lot. I have her blanket and teddy bear from the hospital that I still sleep with (no shame here!). I like remembering how gorgeous she was. It's still hard to think back to being pregnant and happy, because those memories hurt...but I do cherish them. I miss her very much, and didn't know I was capable of such love

Let's talk about our wonderful angels!

Noethola

Every memory is bittersweet, and I hate that. I hate that each one that is happy is followed by the tinge of sadness as well.

We have her pictures up in our living room. We see them multiple times a day. I also keep one on my chest of drawers.I like to look at them and see the way she looked like DH and I.

I often look at my pregnancy pictures, remembering that she was alive and ok in those. How I was able to love on her. I too often sleep with the bear we took to the hospital and took pictures of Elsie with. On my bad nights, its the only comfort we get. I also have a piece of jewelry that I wear every day. Its a medallion with her footprints shrunk and engraved with her name. I hold it close to my heart when I have bad moments, and I kiss it a lot. :-)

Shamylb

I also have a lot of pics that I look @ when I'm feeling strong enough. And I also have a necklace with his footprints & name engraved that I wear everyday. I recently had his name w/ angel wings tatted on my right clavicle which makes me REALLY happy! It's right there for me & everyone else to see & I love it Sometimes I want to cry, but the tears won't come. I don't know what that means exactly...maybe I'm getting better...maybe I have no more tears.

shandorfml2

Grief is exhausting and sometimes I'm to tired to cry. I also got a tattoo. It's a butterfly with stars.

angelsnight

I love this post.  I had many happy moments when I was pregnant but those are too painful to think about right now.

I have a couple of pictures of her at home as well.  One of my favorite things is that my daughter looked like me.  She had my nose, lips, and chin.  I pour over my own baby pictures looking for more proof.  It makes me feel so close to her to know that she looked like me, and will forever be a part of me.

I also put all of her clothes that she wore in the hospital in a shadow box.  My FIL is going to finish painting the nursery soon because it makes us sad to leave it unfinished, so I plan on hanging it in there when the room is done.

HullGut

Great idea. We do need to remember our babies as much as we can. It is hard some days but it also feels good. I have pictures of Hunter up around the house and his picture is my screen saver on my phone. I also have the blanket he lived in and that is on the back of the glider. I will go in there and sit. I light two candles by his picture and write. This helps me feel better when I am really sad. 

jbranden12

I wear a ring with an aquamarine, her birthstone. We also have photos of her all over the house. A recent addition is the clock I got for the living room. We never had one but I needed one to keep time while I am nursing our rainbow and I found a beautiful clock with a butterfly in it. It is like Patricia is always watching over her little sister.