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Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day

Today is the actual day set aside to bring awareness to child loss.  In honor of that our local hospital is holding a candlelight ceremony tonight.  The organizer asked that those coming would bring a poem or something else to share. That reminded me of the poem that I wrote after Gabrielle's death.  I sent it in to SHARE's newsletter. SHARE is a national pregnancy and infant loss group that helped me after my loss.  They are still going. Their website is www.nationalsharing.org  It was published in the November/December 2000 edition of the newsletter Sharing. I would like to share it here also. I'll See Her In Heaven Someday by Kimberley A. Cone Our precious daughter was expected to die I was shocked and saddened I had cry upon cry I don't know why it happened Why God took her away But I know I'll see her in heaven someday. I had some questions I was beginning to doubt I had to remember God was working it out I can't help wondering why God took ...

Unique Opportunity

http://www.mytwintiers.com/news/local-news/candle-lighting-ceremony-to-remember-infant-loss   link to the news story I was featured in  I was scrolling down my Facebook page and chatting with my friend Tanya yesterday morning when a PM from my TV News Photographer friend John showed up on my screen.  John and I worked together at WETM TV 19 years ago.  I left after 9 months as an audio/chyron operator.  John still works there. Earlier in the morning, I had posted a Pregnancy and Infant Loss picture created by my friend Amy. It pictured a candle and said in loving memory of Gabrielle Renee.  John must have seen that and asked me if I'd be willing to meet with reporter Andrew Banas about our experience with losing Gabrielle.  My husband gave me the go ahead to do it. I met Andrew at the hospital where Gabrielle was born nearly 16 years ago.  He was also interviewing the Unit Nurse for the NICU.  Her name was Kimberlee (neat that we share a...