{"id":9751,"date":"2012-10-16T13:18:14","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T13:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stillbirthday.com\/?p=9751"},"modified":"2012-10-24T00:35:58","modified_gmt":"2012-10-24T00:35:58","slug":"we-still-have-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/2012\/10\/we-still-have-work\/","title":{"rendered":"We Still Have Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>{Take a peek at what we are doing for the <a title=\"2013 Remembrance\" href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/2013-remembrance\/\" target=\"_blank\">2013 Remembrance<\/a>}<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>A carefully handwritten list of nearly 400 babies, a scarf, and my “rainbow” baby (who <a title=\"She's Not My Rainbow\" href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/2012\/01\/13\/shes-not-my-rainbow\/\" target=\"_blank\">isn’t my rainbow<\/a>) came along with me to stillbirthday’s first ever<a title=\"Stillbirthday Balloon Release\" href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/2012\/10\/15\/kansas-city-remembers\/\" target=\"_blank\"> balloon release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I arrived, gasping, more nervous than ever before – the sight of other cars – oh, dear Lord, I really am not alone.<\/p>\n<p>Kevo the Klown blew funny balloons for the kiddos, Carol\u00a0the balloon lady worked hard putting lights into and blowing up 100 balloons,\u00a0while the rest of us met and mingled.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?position=NN&path=2012\/10\/Kevo.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9783\" title=\"Kevo the Klown\" src=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?path=2012\/10\/Kevo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A news reporter arrived.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?position=NN&path=2012\/10\/News.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9759\" title=\"News\" src=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?path=2012\/10\/News.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I worked through my total overwhelm as I tried to send the simple message into the camera<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0“if you are out there, and if you have endured loss, you are not alone.”<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?position=NN&path=2012\/10\/news.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9840\" title=\"news\" src=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?path=2012\/10\/news.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"346\" height=\"237\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">One stillbirthday mother was presented with a very honoring gift from her husband.\u00a0 She had endured a miscarriage alone, before marrying him.\u00a0 He told her, “You’ve endured the lonliness of this experience for far too long.”\u00a0 He then presented her with a certificate of spiritual adoption, in which he commited to\u00a0carrying forth the legacy of her child as his own.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?position=NN&path=2012\/10\/Adoption.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9761\" title=\"Adoption\" src=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?path=2012\/10\/Adoption.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?position=NN&path=2012\/10\/Adoption1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9762\" title=\"Adoption1\" src=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?path=2012\/10\/Adoption1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"254\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then, we gathered in a circle, and it was time.\u00a0 Time to speak our children’s names, time to voice our realities, time to honor and remember.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?position=NN&path=2012\/10\/BalloonCircle1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9771\" title=\"BalloonCircle1\" src=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?path=2012\/10\/BalloonCircle1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Jesus wept.<\/p>\n<p>It’s the shortest verse in the Bible, but I want to look at the setting in which, Jesus wept.<\/p>\n<p>Lazarus, His friend, had died.<\/p>\n<p>Lazarus, Mary and Martha were all siblings, and each were friends with Jesus.\u00a0 And yet, when Lazarus died, Jesus wasn’t there.\u00a0 In fact, scripture tells us that Jesus the person didn’t show up until several days later (this was to ensure the indesputible miracle which was to take place).<\/p>\n<p>When Martha saw Him in the distance, she ran to Him.<\/p>\n<p>She ran to Him, and she cried, “Where have You been?”<\/p>\n<p>“If You had been here, this wouldn’t have happened!”<\/p>\n<p>Haven’t we felt that way?<\/p>\n<p>Mary ran to Him.<\/p>\n<p>“Jesus – can’t You?\u00a0 Can’t You – bring him back?”<\/p>\n<p>Jesus wept.<\/p>\n<p>I want to challenge you, to consider that Jesus saw His friend, in the only place that is safe.\u00a0 The only place that is all love.\u00a0 And as He called Lazarus back from that place, through the veil of tears, back into our world of darkness, confusion and sadness, Jesus wept.<\/p>\n<p>Our life is hard.\u00a0 Jesus knows, our work is hard.<\/p>\n<p>I’ve recieved many platitudes and cliches through my experience.\u00a0 Things like<\/p>\n<p>“Now you have your own personal guardian angel.”<\/p>\n<p>As if he’s sitting on my shoulder now, somehow sprinkling good luck throughout my day.<\/p>\n<p>As if his life isn’t valuable enough.<\/p>\n<p>No, his work is done.<\/p>\n<p>He is in the only place that is safe.\u00a0 The only place that is all love.<\/p>\n<p>I am the one still here.\u00a0 I am the one still with\u00a0work to do.<\/p>\n<p>And, Jesus knows, this life is hard.\u00a0 This work is hard.<\/p>\n<p>When God called the three men from the firey furnace, do you know?\u00a0\u00a0They didn’t even smell of smoke.<\/p>\n<p>But when Jesus called Lazarus from the grave, scripture tells us, he probably\u00a0stunk.<\/p>\n<p>Wearing his burial cloths, he stepped out of his dark, cold, lonely tomb.\u00a0 And he stunk.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus then\u00a0instructed those around Lazarus to help remove his burial cloths.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe you feel as though a piece of you died, right along with your child?<\/p>\n<p>Jesus brought Lazarus out of his dark place, but He instructed those around him to remove the burial cloths.<\/p>\n<p>We are still here.\u00a0 We still have work to do.<\/p>\n<p>And, Jesus knows, our work is hard.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>Using a scarf as a representation of that burial cloth, we each wrapped it around our neck.\u00a0 We wore this cloth, and then spoke our truth.\u00a0 Spoke what we’ve endured.\u00a0 Spoke who we represent.\u00a0 Spoke who we remember.<\/p>\n<p>Spoke of the darkest of places we’ve been.<\/p>\n<p>Then, the person next to us, entered into our story.\u00a0 Entered into our life.<\/p>\n<p>Saw our tears.<\/p>\n<p>Touched us.<\/p>\n<p>Removed the burial cloth.<\/p>\n<p>Validated.<\/p>\n<p>Honored.<\/p>\n<p>Then, wrapped it around their own neck, and told their own story.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?position=NN&path=2012\/10\/Scarf1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9763\" title=\"Scarf1\" src=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?path=2012\/10\/Scarf1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?position=NN&path=2012\/10\/Scarf2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9764\" title=\"Scarf2\" src=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?path=2012\/10\/Scarf2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?position=NN&path=2012\/10\/Scarf3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9765\" title=\"Scarf3\" src=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?path=2012\/10\/Scarf3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?position=NN&path=2012\/10\/Scarf4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9766\" title=\"Scarf4\" src=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?path=2012\/10\/Scarf4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?position=NN&path=2012\/10\/Scarf5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9767\" title=\"Scarf5\" src=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?path=2012\/10\/Scarf5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?position=NN&path=2012\/10\/Scarf6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9768\" title=\"Scarf6\" src=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?path=2012\/10\/Scarf6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?position=NN&path=2012\/10\/Scarf7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9769\" title=\"Scarf7\" src=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?path=2012\/10\/Scarf7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?position=NN&path=2012\/10\/balloon-069.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9832\" title=\"Scarf8\" src=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?path=2012\/10\/balloon-069.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?position=NN&path=2012\/10\/balloon-070.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9833\" title=\"Scarf9\" src=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?path=2012\/10\/balloon-070.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?position=NN&path=2012\/10\/balloon-071.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9834\" title=\"Scarf10\" src=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?path=2012\/10\/balloon-071.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?position=NN&path=2012\/10\/balloon-072.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9835\" title=\"Scarf11\" src=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?path=2012\/10\/balloon-072.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?position=NN&path=2012\/10\/balloon-073.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9836\" title=\"Scarf12\" src=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?path=2012\/10\/balloon-073.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?position=NN&path=2012\/10\/balloon-074.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9837\" title=\"Scarf13\" src=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?path=2012\/10\/balloon-074.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?position=NN&path=2012\/10\/balloon-075.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9838\" title=\"Scarf14\" src=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?path=2012\/10\/balloon-075.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>After we each took our turn, it was time to let our light shine.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it’s hard to see in the photos, but each balloon had a lightbulb inside, glowing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?position=NN&path=2012\/10\/BalloonCircle2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9772\" title=\"BalloonCircle2\" src=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?path=2012\/10\/BalloonCircle2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?position=NN&path=2012\/10\/BalloonCircle3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9773\" title=\"BalloonCircle3\" src=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?path=2012\/10\/BalloonCircle3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As long as we are still here, we still have this work to do.<\/p>\n<p>We still have to find our little light, and let it rise above, to\u00a0be a beacon of hope and healing to others who are in that darkest, coldest, loneliest place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?position=NN&path=2012\/10\/BalloonLight1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9774\" title=\"BalloonLight1\" src=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?path=2012\/10\/BalloonLight1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?position=NN&path=2012\/10\/BalloonLight2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9775\" title=\"BalloonLight2\" src=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?path=2012\/10\/BalloonLight2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?position=NN&path=2012\/10\/BalloonLight21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9776\" title=\"BalloonLight2\" src=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?path=2012\/10\/BalloonLight21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?position=NN&path=2012\/10\/BalloonLight3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9777\" title=\"BalloonLight3\" src=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?path=2012\/10\/BalloonLight3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?position=NN&path=2012\/10\/BalloonLight4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9778\" title=\"BalloonLight4\" src=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?path=2012\/10\/BalloonLight4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?position=NN&path=2012\/10\/BalloonLight5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9779\" title=\"BalloonLight5\" src=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?path=2012\/10\/BalloonLight5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It’s hard work.\u00a0 Jesus knows, it’s <em>hard<\/em> work.<\/p>\n<p>But we are validated.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus wept.<\/p>\n<p>You aren’t alone.<\/p>\n<p>Have you felt as though a piece of you died, right along with your child?<\/p>\n<p>Come, step forward.\u00a0 Let\u00a0us here at stillbirthday\u00a0help you remove your burial cloth.<\/p>\n<p>Because, if you are here, you still have work to do, too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?position=NN&path=2012\/10\/BalloonLight7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9781\" title=\"BalloonLight7\" src=\"https:\/\/stillbirthday.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/dynpicwatermark\/DynPicWaterMark_ImageViewer.php?path=2012\/10\/BalloonLight7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>The stillbirthday families who attended, helped to honor nearly 400 more families who couldn’t attend.\u00a0 This is from the handwritten list I brought with me:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Christian Gaskin<\/p>\n<p>Baby Townsend<\/p>\n<p>Mary Beth<\/p>\n<p>Aquila<\/p>\n<p>Baby Miller<\/p>\n<p>Baby Stolc<\/p>\n<p>Shahzad<\/p>\n<p>Bujji<\/p>\n<p>Eric<\/p>\n<p>Tia<\/p>\n<p>Christopher<\/p>\n<p>Orion<\/p>\n<p>C.M.<\/p>\n<p>Clayton<\/p>\n<p>Sophie<\/p>\n<p>Julia<\/p>\n<p>Hope<\/p>\n<p>Skywalker<\/p>\n<p>Baby Sims<\/p>\n<p>Elijah<\/p>\n<p>Nathan John<\/p>\n<p>Baby Hall #2<\/p>\n<p>Baby Hall #3<\/p>\n<p>Baby Hall #4<\/p>\n<p>Baby JC<\/p>\n<p>Joy Comes<\/p>\n<p>Maxwell aunt\/uncle<\/p>\n<p>Maxwell friend<\/p>\n<p>Noelle<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel<\/p>\n<p>Lily Katherine<\/p>\n<p>Luke Shiloh<\/p>\n<p>Presley Brooklyn<\/p>\n<p>Casper David<\/p>\n<p>Logan Graham<\/p>\n<p>Kamryn Olivia<\/p>\n<p>Dejuva Bearlys<\/p>\n<p>Baby Forbes #1<\/p>\n<p>Baby Forbes #2<\/p>\n<p>Aria<\/p>\n<p>Alana Grace<\/p>\n<p>Kelly Marie<\/p>\n<p>Tristan Alexander<\/p>\n<p>Ava Juliette<\/p>\n<p>Ayden Simon<\/p>\n<p>Lyla Annilie<\/p>\n<p>Samantha Lynn<\/p>\n<p>Everett John<\/p>\n<p>Ethan James<\/p>\n<p>Kelli’s Baby #1<\/p>\n<p>Kelli’s Baby #2<\/p>\n<p>Kelli’s Baby #3<\/p>\n<p>Kelli’s Baby #4<\/p>\n<p>Kelli’s Baby #5<\/p>\n<p>Lucas Henry<\/p>\n<p>William Joseph<\/p>\n<p>Emily’s Baby<\/p>\n<p>Madilynn Isabell<\/p>\n<p>Landon Michael<\/p>\n<p>Audriana Hope<\/p>\n<p>Noah Bradlee<\/p>\n<p>Angel Demers<\/p>\n<p>Emma Grace<\/p>\n<p>Brylee Catherine<\/p>\n<p>Bryce Thomas<\/p>\n<p>Keiran William<\/p>\n<p>Cheyenne Elizabeth<\/p>\n<p>Avery Morgan<\/p>\n<p>Holden Keppel<\/p>\n<p>Finley Jay<\/p>\n<p>Angelica G.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathon M.<\/p>\n<p>Charlie B.<\/p>\n<p>Serenity B.<\/p>\n<p>Peanut B.<\/p>\n<p>Aiden Joshua<\/p>\n<p>Emily Rose – friends, family<\/p>\n<p>Marcos Morales<\/p>\n<p>Baby Angel<\/p>\n<p>Preston Arthur<\/p>\n<p>Erum Brown – Larson<\/p>\n<p>Jade Marie<\/p>\n<p>Hazel Grace<\/p>\n<p>Laylah Ariela<\/p>\n<p>Madison Lucianna<\/p>\n<p>Ayden<\/p>\n<p>Myles<\/p>\n<p>Charlie<\/p>\n<p>Andy<\/p>\n<p>AJ<\/p>\n<p>Baby Culbertson #1<\/p>\n<p>Baby Culbertson #2<\/p>\n<p>Brody 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