From: willmythrill <willmythrill@...>
Subject: [SHARE Atlanta Preg. & Newborn Loss Grief Support] Dear Friends,
To: "Share Atlanta" <shareatlantasupport@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 8:20 PM

I know it's been a long time, since I've written to any of you, but the wonderful gift of our connection is that we understand the highs and lows without explanation.  You've all been on my mind and there's much I'd like to say tonight, but my tears outnumber the words.  It's that time of year again - Avery Corinne's second birthday is at the end of the month and I still ache for that warmth all of you know too well of which I speak.

 

I will keep this short, but I wanted to share a poem with you that M.E.N.D. (Mothers Enduring Neonatal Death) published.  I was surprised at the response I got from a few writer friends before submitting it.  For me, I just wanted to say, "Happy Birthday, Avery Corinne!  Mommy & Daddy Love You!"

 

I'd also like to dedicate this to Kimberly.  I'm sorry for your loss, honey.  You have and will encounter an incredible group of women through SA.  There are no odd or inappropriate questions or comments, just open your heart...someone is always listening.  God Bless!

 

 

 

Still

(In loving memory of Avery Corinne Hildreth, October 29, 2006 – October 29, 2006)

 

 

There remains a silence inside my womb,

Once ripe with you;

My body misses that sacred heaviness,

Until it betrayed us both;

Your passage was almost complete.

No celebration of your genesis,

Only masked strangers who severed,

The awaiting quiet circle of your origin;

Nightly, I coddle myself with images of rocking you while praying:

"Now I lay me down to sleep,

I pray the Lord, my soul to keep..."

 

                                                                                   

 

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