Remembering An Angel Baby: Printable For A Time of Loss
Remembering an Angel Baby:
A printable download for parents
who have suffered the loss of a little one
or to give as a token of your sympathy.
A couple near and dear to us lost a baby to miscarriage lately.
It’s hard to even know what to say or do when something like this happens,
but one thing is very important:
If it happens to you, don’t hide your grief or pretend to others that you’re okay.
As soon as a mother knows she’s carrying a little life inside her, the love for that being begins. The dreams and hopes for a child start the day she first feels a new life inside her.
So if the baby is lost through miscarriage or stillbirth, or soon after a live birth, whether the parents see a baby or not at the time of loss, the grief is real. Mourn that loss in the way you feel you need to. It’s important to let your loved ones know why you aren’t yourself, so they can empathize with you. Many people have been there, and will feel your pain.
Remembering an Angel Baby
This article expresses so well the steps to take through the grief process. The Irish mother who is the focus of the article lists ways that helped her deal with three losses.
While the whole article is worth reading, I thought this was a really good quote for all of us:
“We’re not great at dealing with grief in the western world. We tend to avoid anything death related and as a result we’re often ill-equipped to help others in their time of grief,” observes Gaskin.
“When my son died, I realized my loved ones were looking for me to take the lead. Perhaps it shouldn’t be that way, but people are so afraid of saying the wrong thing or upsetting us unnecessarily that silence ends up the easier option.
“It’s OK to say, ‘I want to remember my baby. I want to talk about them.’ If there’s a colour, symbol or animal that’s linked to your baby, then sharing that with friends and family allows them to be included in your remembrance.”
Ideas for Displaying the Printable:
- Frame behind glass in an 8″ x 10″ frame* without a mat, or a 10″ x 14″* with a 1.5″ mat.
- Take to a printshop and ask them to print the design on textured paper, larger, then hang with a magnetic poster hanger frame*.
- Shrink down, trim and laminate into a bookmark for your Bible.
- Place between clear acrylic frame with wood stand*. A candle behind it will make a beautiful memory vignette.
- Print it on a 5″ x 7″ blank notecard* for an expression of sympathy.
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