Today we attended a remembrance service run by the organisation Bears Of Hope. It was at Eden Gardens, North Ryde. The weather was really beautiful as we sat in an amphitheatre and listened to poems and watched as a candle was lit. We heard the origins of Pregnancy Loss Remembrance Day in Australia which was only started in 2011, though much earlier in the U.S. And around the world.
We then moved to the pond where we were given flowers to place in the pond when our babies names were called. We chose a large orange one for Ava and a smaller white one for our tiny angel. It was quite an emotional time while I cried behind my sunglasses. It was both sad and very moving watching the flowers added by all the families in attendance move around the pond.
At the conclusion of this part we them were offered to write on cardboard bears that were hung up for display. Ella wrote on Ava's and Oliver wrote on our tiny angel's. While this was happening there was a scrumptious morning tea for everyone to enjoy and chat with other families.
We were all given candles to light this coming Thursday night in memory of our babies. At 7pm in each timezone across the world, there will be candles lit by families creating a "wave of continuous light".
Bears of Hope do a fantastic job of supporting bereaved families, raising awareness and talking about pregnancy loss and I thank them for putting on this special day.
On the 15th October, I will be attending a remembrance service at the hospital that Ava was born at earlier this year. As hard as I find it walking back into that hospital, I also find it strangely comforting that that is the last place I held out daughter.
I encourage you if you have lost babies to miscarriage, stillbirth and infant loss to join myself and others on October 15th to light a candle for 1 hour at 7pm and remember them and know that you are not alone in this journey.
xx
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