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Make You Proud
Submitted by Mike (Avery’s dad) Baby girl, I just want to make you proud. Losing you was hard. But what was even harder was living after your loss. Days seem unreal. Looking at your pictures and not having you is a reality that i can’t just get used to. It’s like trying to wear shoes…
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Rafe
Submitted by Mike (Rafe’s dad) As I write this, it’s been just over a month since my wife and I lost Rafe at 38 weeks and 4 days along. The suddenness was…shocking. One day he was there, kicking along like usual, with us preparing for my wife’s inducement the next week, and two days later…
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Alice’s Story
Submitted by Andy (Alice’s dad) Alice’s Story: It’s been two years since the worst day of my life, the day my first child was born. That is a sentence I never thought I would write, but it’s my sad reality. The first 5 months of 2021 was the most exciting time in my wife and…
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Aila
Submitted by Luke (Aila’s dad) Opening a birthday card one week before the actual day is always a treat, but more so in 2022. My wife, Michaela used the opportunity to improve a bad day at work by giving me a card filled with a sticker family (which she knows I hate), featuring the two…
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Lily
Submitted by Matt (Lily’s dad) 6 months ago, my daughter Lily was born and died. She is my baby girl. From the moment she left us every breath has been painful. Missing her over the last six months, not being able to hold her or feel her soft skin or comfort her when she cries,…
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Jeremiah’s Eulogy
Submitted by Brenton (Jeremiah’s dad) As always when you find out you’re expecting you’re filled with joy, excitement, and anticipation. You start praying for the little life growing inside, praying for health, protection, safety, and a smooth pregnancy without any hiccups. For some reason that’s everything we didn’t get, Jeremiah’s and our story is very…
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Noelle Harper
Submitted by Evan (Noelle’s dad) We had our first prenatal appointment on October 26th, 2021. The doctor used a small sonogram to show us our baby, and all we could see of her was a tiny pulsing pixel on the screen. That was Noelle’s heart. At the time, we had no idea that her tiny…
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My Baby’s Voice
Submitted by Ethan (Cana’s dad) It’s been five months since my baby was born. It’s been five months since my baby died. My daughter entered and exited this world silent, still, and voiceless. It still feels like everything just happened yesterday, but it also feels like it was all years ago. My wife and I are solidly in…
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Theo’s Story
Submitted by Rob (Theo’s dad, and from 4theo.co.uk) For as long as I could remember the one thing I wanted in life was to be married and have children, so when Rob and I discovered that we were excepting we couldn’t have been happier. I loved being pregnant knowing that inside was a beautiful little…
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Hadley Maeve
Submitted by Eric (Hadley’s dad) My partner, Jill, and I struggled with infertility for several years before we finally received a positive pregnancy result. This day was the happiest day of my life. However, it would be short-lived. During the fetal anatomy ultrasound at 19 weeks into the pregnancy, we learned that our daughter, Hadley…