Rows for Remembrance

A couple of weeks ago, I got these two beautiful gifts from Rows for Remembrance.  Shaina has such a great ministry with these lovely blankets.  Here are my treasures...

Shyla's Blanket

Jakin's Blanket

I just love these blankets.  I cuddled them for the longest time the day I recieved them.  Aren't they just beautiful?  If you haven't requested one from Shaina yet, head on over and see more of her lovely work!

Rows for Remembrance

Shaina is a sweet mama I have had the pleasure of meeting long ago before we both experienced loss.  She has just started a new outreach for loss moms and I wanted to share it with you.  It's called Rows for Remembrance.  This is what Shaina says about her new ministry...

I want to minister to families who have had a miscarriage, or suffered the death of a baby while pregnant. Sadly, I know several women who fit this niche, and I know there are thousands more out there. I want to give them a blanket, an "unfinished blanket", to represent their babies sweet lives.

Each blanket will have rows that represent the weeks of their little ones lives. Our blankets will start out with a specified amount of rows (20) and then will have an additional row for every week that you carried your baby. If you had a miscarriage at eight weeks, like me, then your blanket will be 28 rows long. If you had a baby born sleeping at 34 weeks, then your blanket will be 54 weeks. Each row signifies those memories you have of your sweet babe.

Shaina has asked for help too.  If you can knit or crochet, she is asking for some help.  So go over and visit her blog and leave her some kind comments while you are there!

Sea Glass Angels

Through Tina's wonderful 25 Days of Giveaways, I found a blog (but I can't remember which one) that introduced me to this lovely esty shop that makes beautiful angels and other things from sea glass.  As soon as I saw these I knew I had to have them:

I remembered reading a post by Once a Mother about sea glass and the fact that these came in a set just moved me so much.  One pink.  One blue.  The pink one just a tad bigger than the blue and the blue looks like it has a special heart.  They are so perfect! 

Sea glass gets is smooth shape by riding the waves and getting beaten against the rocks and waves.  Over time, they loose their sharp, painful edges and corners and resemble a jewel instead of broken glass.  The glass is not destroyed by the pressure and pain of the crashing waves and jagged rocks, it's perfected by them. 

What a beautiful reminder of the grief journey and of my angel babies.

Many, Many, Many Thanks!

It has been about six weeks since Jakin went to Heaven and I am so behind on saying thank you to everyone for all their kind thoughts, prayers and gifts.  We feel so loved and thankful to have so many beautiful people in our lives!

In addition to the advent basket left by some friends, we also recieved a huge envelope from some other friends of mine from college that included a CD, a toy for Ethan, a home spa kit for me, and two books for the grief library.  A very kind lady that works with the March of Dimes office sent us a book about Angels and an ornament, and so many other people sent us cards and donations for the library.  I can't wait to get started on it!

A big huge thank you to Holly, MJ, Mandy, Jessica, Heather J, Wendy W, Jill, Bree, Melissa T, Katy, Lori, and Heather M for the wonderful care package from Hearts of Hope!

Another thanks needs to be said to Jill, who was my Grieve Out Loud secret Santa and sent me this lovely pewter necklace and the beautiful pewter angels. 

I also want to thank Julie for this cross that will soon be hanging on our wall.

Also, a very kind and generous lady named Debbie that works at the hospital I delivered all my children at visited me while I was in labor and brought me some very thoughtful gifts.

The inside of the willow.tree box says this:

 

Sandra, one of my baby.center buddies sent me this lovely willow.tree.  It's called "Angel's Embrace".

 

Also, a very kind, thoughtful lady who we met doing a marriage Bible study over two years ago sent me a reunion heart and a CD with songs she picked just for me.  She is one of the most thoughtful women I know.  She has sent many cards and "thinking of you" things over the past 16 months and is a true Proverbs 31 woman!

Deborah from For Your Tears sent me this lovely as well.  I was surprised because I only recently had gotten one in memory of Shyla and she sent it to me when she heard what had happened.

God has truely blessed us with an amazing support system, both online and in real life and I never want to forget how kind people I have never met in person have been to me.  It really does make a difference.  Everyday I would check the mail and would get giddy if there was a card or package from one of my bloggy friends.  You all made so many days brighter!