Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance

This morning during my morning prayers I included all the mamas who have lost babies. Babies they may have never got to meet, or babies they had to say good-bye to far too soon. The pain never fully goes away. It forever changes you.

One in four pregnancies end in miscarriage or infant loss. Many women stay silent about their loss because it's uncomfortable to talk about; some may feel guilt, thinking it was caused by something they did wrong. Others know they'll be showered with sympathy, which just puts more emphasis on the pain they're trying to swim through. Its an awkward position feeling that pain and having to tell others, then feeling guilty about making them feel bad, and knowing they want so much to give you words of comfort but they really don't know what to say. Its just easier keeping quiet.

Life begins at conception. And all life has value, no matter how brief. We can't always know why some were given to us for such a short time, but have to trust in the plan that God has.

Whenever you think of it, be it today, tomorrow, next week, please say a Hail Mary for the mama's missing their babies. God's own Mother mourned the loss of her Son, and will obtain strength for those who grieve.

Remembering my lost babies today.
❤ March 8, 2008
❤ April 4, 2013