Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day 2012

October 15th is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. We remember all babies whom we carried but never met, all babies born sleeping, those we have held but could not take home, or those that came home but did not stay nearly long enough. 

Photo by Carly Marie

Local friends, there is a service at 7 tomorrow evening in Raleigh. Click here for more information. I'd love to have you there to honor and remember Lily's life with me. It is a beautiful evening of remembrance. I went to October 15th Raleigh in 2010. And last year, I was in Colorado at Ellerslie and got to go to Lily Lake, which was quite a special gift.

If you cannot make it here in Raleigh, there are special remembrance ceremonies all over the world. Wherever you are, light a candle at 7 p.m. (your local time) in honor of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. If you light one for Lily, I'd love for you to take a photo of it to send to me, or just tell me about it. I'm wishing everyone a peaceful, beautiful day tomorrow as they honor the precious little ones of Heaven. ♥

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October 15th Raleigh Remembrance Service

Last night, my sister, mom, best-friend, twin brothers and I went to a special October 15th service for Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. This was the first year that I even knew such a day exists. 

This is what the event is all about:

October 15th Raleigh is a community wide event held in honor of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. Each year, approximately one million pregnancies in the U.S. end in miscarriage, stillbirth or the death of a newborn child.

October 15th Raleigh is an effort to bring comfort, healing and unity to parents in the Triangle who have suffered a pregnancy or infant loss. October 15th Raleigh allows parents to openly remember their loss and to have their loss recognized.

The service was held at Journey Church in Raleigh, NC at 7 p.m. It was absolutely beautiful. There was beautiful music, a time of babies names being read (including Lily's), a time of sharing, and everyone lit candles in honor of our precious babes in Heaven. 

I got to meet the lady who coordinated the entire thing and she knows who I am because she's read my blog. My blog is listed on the October 15th Raleigh website. 

I wore my Faces of Loss, Faces of Hope shirt that I recently got with Lily's footprints on the back.

I took the opportunity to share a bit about my vision for donating hospital comfort boxes to grieving parents. I saw some of my friends from my local infant loss support group at the service. And I met a new friend named Wendy who has has two miscarriages.

I am thankful for an evening of remembering my sweet Lily girl. It feels good when others also see how much her life matters.

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