I am always with you there is never a moment that we are apart.. I tell you,I am in every flower,every rainbow every star in the heavens, I am always a part of you we are one
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Sunday,October 18th was are First ever" Halifax Walk to Remember" in Nova Scotia. It was amazing day filled with people with similar experiences.All come together, to share this day to remember our lost babies. I'm so impressed with the final out come .206 people arrived to Walk a 15 minute stroll around IWK hospital. Stacey and I, were holding the banner.Walking ahead of the line, I could see the large amount of people lined up from IWK to other side. It was a moment I will never forget! I can't really explain the inner most feelings of that day, but it felt "Amazing".Something I wanted to do long time ago,when I lost Robbie due to a cord accident ,March 27,2008.My dream came together and it followed through more than I expected it to be. I do this, was an honour for Robbie and Faith and others, like him.
I had people come up to me with tears streaming down their faces, hugging me and thanking me for this day. A day we can now call our own . A day we no longer be silent and grieve alone.We now are one.We lost and it's no longer secret.It's real and it's raw and it happened.What a exzilierating feeling to have been the person who made this happen for 206 people.
I had e-mail thanking me and asking to volunteer for next years Walk to Remember. I also had people e-mail me in regards to a cake made for us and cup cakes. Wow! CTV and Global were there ,on hand to video are event. Camera's flashing.We had a photographer come in and take pictures of the Walk.The pictures will be used on our web site and used for future events.
It took us from November 2008 till now to plan to this event! It started off with a simple Facebook group created by Stacey and I .Stacey started back to work after her maternity and I had lost Robbie.We took three months to come back to the site to plan for it. We had Tina,who volunteer to help out and that's how it started. Tina had PR experiences and worked in Public Relations for years, so she knew the right people to make it happen. Caitlin joined shortly after and here we are.Are names are on the Proclaimation and will be written in the history books of Nova Scotia for a long time.What amazing thing! I just can't describe it but Amazing feeling. Never giving up my dream.I found a big change in me in the last few months. This quite person ,afraid to be in public eye, is now out of her"Shell".I now have the confindence and my self estimem flourished.I feel I did my part.I like the "idea" I did somethin\g to better are community.I can say I was a part of it and no one can take that away from me.I don't want to be famous ,I just wanted to get the word out and maybe,just maybe other provinces and countries will be the same.
Next years event will be bigger and better. We had a fawless experience, thank goodness. There were little things but not major things, that needed to be changed, but over all, it was perfect for our First Walk to Remember in Halifax and for Nova Scotia. We have are next meeting in Novomber We are going over the event and share are experiences and what we can do to better or change for the Next Walk.It was diffinitly a experience to remember and to learn from ,Let's see what next years event will bring us. I'm excited ,just thinking out it!I'm excited period. I'm happy like a child in a candy store.The feeling no one can take away.A feeling I had, when I had my children or when I was baptized last year.This day was for you sweet Robbie and Faith. I can now move on.I will not forget nor will I .A mother will never forgets her children.That's what a mother's job and her love for her children, no matter how short life was.You are my child forever.
Another sample of a loss is a peach.When you take that seed from the pit of a peach, it leave a intention of the seed.It never changes. The seed is gone ,but the loss and the child will remain always in are hearts.No one or anything can fill that empty pit.
Never give up on a dream.I didn't! Submitted by littleangelsrobbiesmom