The day we delivered our son,
Frank, was the hardest day of our lives. We knew that his heart had stopped before
going in to the hospital and were as prepared as possible. He was beautiful. At 26 weeks 2 days, we held our little boy's
body and told him goodbye. We were
fortunate to have a professional photographer (through Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep) there to capture the moments we
shared with Frank that day.
A couple weeks after we said
hello and goodbye to our son, my husband returned home from work and said
"I can never wear this shirt again."
It was the shirt he wore in our photos with Frank. I understood.
The shirt I wore in the photos was my favorite pregnancy shirt and I
couldn't imagine wearing it during a future pregnancy either. That was Frank's shirt.
We didn't want to get rid of the
shirts but knew we wouldn't be able to wear them again either. We had a local
seamstress make a pillow and 4 teddy bear t-shirts from the shirts. We gave the Frank Bears to various family
members keeping one for ourselves. We
told our family to take photos with Frank Bear when they went somewhere fun.
We've only
had the Frank Bears for a couple months but he's already traveled to
Italy with a friend! He's also had adventures at the Kansas City Zoo and was part of a drum circle in Appalachia. He just received invitations to travel to Disney World, France, and Switzerland this year and Guyana next. We never dreamed he
would go so far!
We found
this quote on the Mikayla's Grace website:
"There may have been a limited time to make memories with
our children, but there are endless opportunities to make memories in honor of
them."
Photos of
Frank Bear on adventures bring us joy.
Having ways to honor and share our son's short life helps us. This blog along with The Adventures of Frank Bear are but 2 ways we have found to honor him.
Please support the charities mentioned in this article--their services help families make precious memories with their angel babies:
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