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Asking for an icon of remeberance of children we have lost...

mekkin

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I would like to see an icon available for that option. February 1st was the one year for my daughter...stillborn at 5 months. It's been hard lately...

I think just because the children aren't physically here, they are still with us always. We are still mothers.

Icon = good idea.
 
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((((mekkin)))) my sympathies are with you at the year memorial of your daughters passing.

Our son, Matthew Robert was 19 weeks (almost 5 months) gestation when I delivered him stillborn this past Wednesday.

He is survived by his mother,father sister Destiny(16) and brother Robert (6). Aunts, Uncles, Grandparents, cousins and many friends.

Pictures were taken at the hospital that I personally felt was inappropriate but my husband has kept them and we will be buying a photo album and putting all his memorabilia together for a memorial. He is being laid to rest with other stillborns in "baby land" at a community cemetary where there is an Angel statue overlooking the graves.

I am still in shock over this...he was my 2nd natural son...my daughter is really my stepdaughter from my husband's previous marriage; he has custody of her. The children are taking this very hard.

Thanks for letting me share.
 
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I've pm'd staff to see who is in currently charge of getting new icons approved and made so they can get this done. I like the footprints. But the Baby with a halo is wonderful too. We are getting right up to when our son would have been born.
 
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mine would have been 3 this year.

Mine would have been four this year! I have to say, sometimes seeing the family icons here makes me feel so empty, wondering about my angel baby! But God is good and I am sure my little one is in good hands. Doesn't mean it doesn't hurt though!
 
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