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Thursday, May 3, 2012

A Place to Remember

We are so looking forward to seeing you at an upcoming March for Babies in Reston or Washington, D.C.  As always, we love seeing our families and listening to your stories.

 This year we are adding a few things to all of our walk sites, with larger productions in Reston and Washington, D.C.  In order to give our families who have experienced the loss of a baby some extra TLC, we are planning a special area called “a place to remember”.  This butterfly garden will be an area where families can gather to continue to remember that special little one who is with us only in spirit.  Please join us in this area and tag a butterfly for your little one(s). 

A place to remember will also provide resource material should you need it, have a private area for siblings to make a butterfly for a lost brother or sister or just relax a little and talk with our staff and other families.

If for some reason you cannot find “‘a place to remember”, please ask one of our staff in the mission booth and they will escort you to the area.


We are planning this activity rain or shine.

2 comments:

Valerie Nelson said...

I cannot tell you how "happy" I am to see this - that is certainly not the adjective to adequately describe it because the purpose is certainly not a happy one. But, this recognition is extremely important and comforting to families who have, indeed, lost their children. It is not the "popular" story, it is not a story many want to hear...But, it is the story of so many families. It is my story.

This is an opportunity for families to honor our angels and validate their impacts on our lives. Well done, MOD!

With love,
-Valerie

Dona Dei said...

Valerie, Hart and boys,

We do ths for Caitlyn. We will make sure that she has a butterfly

xoxo

Dona