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Sending many thanks to Sarah, Chris and their very generous family and friends who raised a very incredible Β£490 in donations in memory of Willow on her 4th Birthday recently. Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity and sending much love to you all β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ xxxx
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Many thanks to Natalie who very generously raised Β£100 for Abbie's Fund recently from the sales of her #BLAW2020 Scentsy gift bags!! Thank you so much Natalie and thank you to all who kindly purchased a gift bag β€οΈππ€ xxxx
I got one of these π absolutely loved it, thankyou Linda Sleight xxxxx
Just a few of the private orders of memory boxes that we have posted out over the last week β€οΈπ xxxx
Wow! This is absolutely amazing! Thank you so much to East Yorkshires Virtual Christmas Market for choosing to support Abbie's Fund and thank you so much to everyone who kindly nominated us!! β€οΈβ€οΈπππ€π€ππ Xxxx
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Many, many thanks to Morrisons Brough for displaying one of our memory trees for #BLAW2020. It looks so lovely lit up tonight in memory of all our precious little ones β€οΈππ€π―οΈπ xxxx
#BLAW2020 #babylossawarenessweek2020 #waveoflight #alwayslovedneverforgotten #saytheirname xxxx
Our candles lit in memory of Abbie and all little ones gone too soon π―οΈβ€οΈππ€π xxxx
#waveoflight #waveoflight2020 #babylossawarenessweek2020 #alwayslovedneverforgotten #saytheirname #abbiegracecowell β€οΈ
My beautiful son Henry Daysh ππ―οΈ
Jade and Jemma and all the little heavens angels X β€πβ€
In loving memory of my beautiful babies.
Marnie Matilda we love you and miss you ever day and light a candle not just tonight each and every night xx Nannie & Grandad
For Austin π
Sending you lots of love xxxxx
For Ellis and David
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Radio Humberside are currently running a series about people who make a difference in their local area, after reading about our work on the Hull W&C's Hospital fb page earlier this week it was a pleasure to be invited to talk to Kofi on the breakfast show this morning about what we do and why and about #BLAW2020 and the #Waveoflight. Thank you for inviting me along. Now for another cup of coffee!! ποΈπ»π§π€β€οΈβ Xxxx
#RadioHumberside #Raisingawareness #AbbieGraceCowell #Abbiesfund #Saytheirname #Alwayslovedneverforgotten
Oh, how lovely. That's two local organisations who help families with babyloss that have been on Radio Humberside this week. Maggie and Rachel from Hull and East Yorkshire Sands were chatting to Burnsy yesterday. You're all doing a fabulous job in raising awareness, well done. X
Listened this morning on way to work it was a great piece x
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That’s fantastic Katy xxx
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πβ€οΈπβ€οΈ XxxxxThere is nothing quite like holding your child for the very last time. Knowing that when you walk out that door, and leave them alone without you, you will never touch or feel them again.
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Baby loss is not just about what happens in that moment. Losing a child is a lifetime of hurting. A human forever missing from your bed, your dining table, your photographs. Missing from the planet. Empty space where life should blossom and explode in all the wonders of the human experience. A shadow missing from the sun.
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We need to talk about baby loss so that families who live through it can be understood, and so we can grieve openly and authentically free from pre conceived judgements and misled social constraints.
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When a baby dies, regardless of gestation or age, that is not a moment in time that a family can step away from, those feelings can not be put in a box and shelved, there is no moving on. It not just about anniversaries or milestones. The love and longing remains, day in and day out. From the moment we have to say goodbye to our babies, until the day we may hopefully meet them again.
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#babylossawarenessweek #babyloss #lifeafterloss #alwaysloved #babylossawareness #neonatalloss #neonataldeath #sids #suddeninfantdeathsyndrome #miscarriage #stillbornstillloved #stillborn
Two Angels on your shoulders and always in your heart πΌπΌπππ
Nearly 12 years into this journey...and these words are so very true x
Abbie's Fund will be taking part in the Global Wave of Light at 7pm tomorrow night in memory of Abbie and all little ones gone too soon. Please feel free to post photos of your lit candles on our page π―οΈπ―οΈπ―οΈβ€οΈππ€ xx sending lots of love to all xxxx
#BLAW2020 #babylossawarenessweek2020 #waveoflight #alwayslovedneverforgottenBaby Loss Awareness Week culminates every year in a global #WaveOfLight In the UK, this simultaneous lighting of candles will take place at 7pm on Thursday 15 October, and is designed as a fitting way to end the week and celebrate the youngsters who lit up our lives for just the shortest of times. People taking part in the #WaveOfLight are asked to light a candle and leave it burning safely for at least one hour to remember all babies who have died too soon, and post a photo of their candle to Facebook, Twitter or Instagram using #WaveOfLight. Although COVID19 restrictions have made it difficult to hold in-person events, there will still be a series of virtual #WaveOfLight events taking place online for those who wish to join in. For details, visit babyloss-awareness.org/wave-of-light/
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β€οΈπ XxAs we near the end of Baby Loss Awareness Week, bereavement lead midwife Sarah Green would like to remind all families affected by the loss of a little one that it really is good to talk:
βMy key message to parents, families and indeed anyone affected by the loss of a baby is that itβs okay to talk about baby loss. It can still be seen as quite a taboo subject but it has a massive impact not only on the parents but on the rest of the family too.
βIf you know someone has lost a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal loss, please talk to them. Many parents find that people avoid them as they donβt know what to say, and then feel very isolated because of it. I always say βsorryβ is a good place to start.β