It’s October now.
Many people don’t know that this month is designated as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. (now you do.)
Furthermore, October 15th is the specific day set aside as a remembrance day for the loss of all these children.
Including six of my children.
So while I remember and love my children every day of the year, and miss them even more specifically on their loss dates and due dates… this is a special national time to openly remember my kids. While I am never afraid or ashamed to speak of Covenant, Glory, Promise, Peace, Mercy, and Victory ~ but, in fact, love to do it because I love them and also because I want to use their lives to impact the world ~ this remembrance day/month affords extra opportunities for me to share my story. Their stories. Our story.
In honor of that, I finally got the courage to post my story on a site called Faces Of Loss, Faces Of Hope. It’s sort of a sister site to the Grieve Out Loud site that I participate in.
I was glad to get my story up there. To talk about my children. To share my faith. To give the glory to God. To cry while I did it.
Take a look at my face. I am the face of recurrent miscarriage. I am the face of grief. I am the face of a bereaved mommy. I am the face of plowing in hope.
Your story is beautifully written, giving glorly to God in times of great grief.
I loved this. What a neat idea. My facebook status is about remembering the babies who are still born or babies who are lost in miscarriage. I wish we’d be more mindful to remember them all the time, but I’m glad for months that have more obvious awareness. Especially something on a topic like this, that gets so happily overlooked 🙁
Thank you for sharing this with us Melissa!
I am praying for you!!
Praying for you, dear. and thank you for reminding us about October & Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month.