Yesterday, Mack, my mom, my brother and I participated in the annual Walk to Remember in San Angelo. We met at a park close to the Women and Children's Center and read a few passages and then walked from the park to the Baby Rose Garden at the hospital. Once we got to the rose garden, we listened to a few songs and passages and then planted a rose bush. Before the rose bush was put into the ground everyone got to write the names of babies they had lost on a small yellow piece of paper and put it in the ground. There ceremony was short a sweet, and had such a wonderful outcome.
You never realize how common it is to lose a child until it happens to you or someone close to you. I know everyone thinks of October as Breast Cancer Awareness month, however in 1988 President Ronald Reagan proclaimed the month of October as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. So I hope by getting the word out there, everyone realizes these things happen too often, and I hope and pray people keep those families in mind who have lost a child.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Friday, October 2, 2009
Remembering
It's been a while since I have written, but things have been quite busy and getting busier and busier everyday! September 25, 2009 was a very special day for my family and me. That was the day our sweet baby boy Hunter would have turned a year old. It's hard to believe a year has already passed! So many things go through my head such as I wonder how Hunter would look and what would his actions be like?! Tons and tons of thoughts pass through my head each and every day.
In honor of our sweet angel, Mack and I met with my parents and brother at Hunter's grave site. We had put together a sweet little arrangement of flowers (a dozen white roses and 1 blue) and a cross that said, "God bless our little buckaroo." My parents also wanted to get him some toys so of course, all little boys need a small football and a hot wheels truck! We placed everything at his grave site and also had a bouquet of balloons.
Mack and I decided we wanted to write a note to Hunter and let them go with the balloons, hoping they would reach him. We all said Happy Birthday and let the balloons disappear into the blue, cloud covered sky. We couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day to celebrate Hunter's birthday.
I miss him so much and even though I wish he was here today by our side i know he is in a much better place. I know God has a plan for all of us and I know some day I will get to see my son again and hold him in my arms! Until then, I will keep him in my heart and know that I have my guardian angel looking over me.
In honor of our sweet angel, Mack and I met with my parents and brother at Hunter's grave site. We had put together a sweet little arrangement of flowers (a dozen white roses and 1 blue) and a cross that said, "God bless our little buckaroo." My parents also wanted to get him some toys so of course, all little boys need a small football and a hot wheels truck! We placed everything at his grave site and also had a bouquet of balloons.
Mack and I decided we wanted to write a note to Hunter and let them go with the balloons, hoping they would reach him. We all said Happy Birthday and let the balloons disappear into the blue, cloud covered sky. We couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day to celebrate Hunter's birthday.
I miss him so much and even though I wish he was here today by our side i know he is in a much better place. I know God has a plan for all of us and I know some day I will get to see my son again and hold him in my arms! Until then, I will keep him in my heart and know that I have my guardian angel looking over me.
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