Showing posts with label Memorials. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Memorials. Show all posts
Monday, October 17, 2011
October 15th Wave of Light
I was, unfortunately, unable to participate in the Int'l Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness day on October 15th. How did all of you commemorate the day? A lot of my online BLM friends wrote on my FB wall or sent me pics of candles that were lit for Blaine or sent me a note or email letting me know they thought of him. Here is one...
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Baby and Infant Urns
According to Blogger Stats, one of the main reasons people find this blog is because they are searching for baby or infant urns. Incredibly sad. I always say, I hate that you have to be here but I'm glad you are. I decided to do a post on different sites that offer cremain products and some creative ones that I've found. Please feel free in the comment section to add your own choices. Here is a link to our original post on baby urns.
Choosing a cremation product for your child is one of the hardest and most important things you will ever do as a bereaved parent. For most of us it will be the final resting place for our children's ashes. There are so many things to think of. You want something that will reflect your personality, your family and what the child meant to you. Maybe you want to include something that reminds you of your child such as butterflies or rainbows or a cartoon character. Most manufacturers of cremain products understand this and so have huge varieties to offer. You also want to look at how well the product will stand up over time. The quality of the product. Do you want something to bury or keep at home? For me personally I could not stand the thought of being away from my son's ashes. When I first brought him home I slept with the box. I had the idea to just carry them around in my purse but that didn't seem right. I decided on a pendant urn. A pendant urn is a necklace. You fill it with the cremains and then seal it and you wear it. Here is a photo of the one I purchased...
It was purchased from a website, "In the Light Urns."
For some, unfortunately, price is an issue. It was for me. I had to find something I loved for under $200. Almost all manufacturers offer many inexpensive choices. If price is not an issue you can purchase customized urns as well, in almost any imaginable design or material.
Here are some sites I have come across, some may be duplicated from our original post...
http://www.tootallspottery.com/Products/Urns/Urns1.html
http://www.inthelighturns.com/
http://www.urns.net/Infant-Urns-information.php
http://www.everlifememorials.com/v/urns/infant-urns.htm
http://www.evrmemories.com/infant-cremation-urns-s/316.htm
Choosing a cremation product for your child is one of the hardest and most important things you will ever do as a bereaved parent. For most of us it will be the final resting place for our children's ashes. There are so many things to think of. You want something that will reflect your personality, your family and what the child meant to you. Maybe you want to include something that reminds you of your child such as butterflies or rainbows or a cartoon character. Most manufacturers of cremain products understand this and so have huge varieties to offer. You also want to look at how well the product will stand up over time. The quality of the product. Do you want something to bury or keep at home? For me personally I could not stand the thought of being away from my son's ashes. When I first brought him home I slept with the box. I had the idea to just carry them around in my purse but that didn't seem right. I decided on a pendant urn. A pendant urn is a necklace. You fill it with the cremains and then seal it and you wear it. Here is a photo of the one I purchased...
For some, unfortunately, price is an issue. It was for me. I had to find something I loved for under $200. Almost all manufacturers offer many inexpensive choices. If price is not an issue you can purchase customized urns as well, in almost any imaginable design or material.
Here are some sites I have come across, some may be duplicated from our original post...
http://www.tootallspottery.com/Products/Urns/Urns1.html
http://www.inthelighturns.com/
http://www.urns.net/Infant-Urns-information.php
http://www.everlifememorials.com/v/urns/infant-urns.htm
http://www.evrmemories.com/infant-cremation-urns-s/316.htm
Saturday, January 8, 2011
DBC Calendar
I'm going to update our calendar. If your child's name is NOT listed in the "In Memory of our Babies" post or in the "Guest Book" and you want them added to the calendar then please comment and put *New* and include your childs name; date of birth; heaven date; your blog or email if you wish to share. I am including the comment section so if you have already commented on either of those posts with your info then no need to comment again. If there is an error on the list "In Memory of our Babies" or the "Guest Book" or if you want to provide more info that we do not already have then please comment and put *Correction* and the accurate info so I know it's not new.
Childs Name
Birth Date
Heaven Date (if different than Birth)
Your blog or email if you want to share
Also, please consider putting our new button on your blog!! Thanks to Amanda for making it, I absolutely love it. To me it looks like two things. One a child's hand reaching out, maybe to grab hold of momma. And two a child's hand saying STOP! Like pay attention to what we have to say!
Childs Name
Birth Date
Heaven Date (if different than Birth)
Your blog or email if you want to share
Also, please consider putting our new button on your blog!! Thanks to Amanda for making it, I absolutely love it. To me it looks like two things. One a child's hand reaching out, maybe to grab hold of momma. And two a child's hand saying STOP! Like pay attention to what we have to say!
Friday, October 15, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
International Babylost Mother's Day
International Babylost Mother's Day (The FIRST Sunday in May) is another wonderful project from Carly over at Love Reign Over Me (she is also the creator of To Write Their Names in the Sand, which is a wonderful way to honor our babies).
Have you checked this out yet? There's a link on the photo above to this new project. Carly is organizing a special project to go along with the day. A babylost-awareness movie clip to put on YouTube of babylost Momma's. If you'd like to take part, click here.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Waterfall Angels - Name Memorial
I love it when parents come up with a way to memorialize our children. Seems I can never get enough of it! Waterfall Angels is just that, a beautiful way to remember our babies. Lisa (mommy to Jasper) is writting names on a lovely river rock and then taking them down to Rainbow Springs State Park in Florida and taking pictures. She then lovingly uploads them to her blog for the parents to click on the photo and save a copy to their computers. I just loved the ones she did for my sweet Logan. You can see them here. Thank you Lisa for giving me one more sweet reminder.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Baby Urns (Website List)
I have to admit that I was shocked when my son's ashes showed up in a plastic bowl in the mail. For some reason I assumed he'd arrive in a little urn. So, though I do not endorse any of these websites, here is a short list of websites that sell Infant Urns for our little angels, to help get you started. Check with a local Funeral Home and see if they can transition the ashes for you, if you'd like.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
I'd like to blog, but I don't know how.
Blogging is like an online journal. Lots of people find blogging about the death of their baby(ies) a good way to cope, and meet other people in similar shoes. Experts say that keeping a journal may help one through the grieving process.
So, you want to blog, but don't know where to start? First you need to pick a blog hosting site. There are countless ones out there. Here at the DBC I use http://www.blogger.com/ because it is the only one I was familiar with at the onset of my blogging career. I was reading a blog hosted here, and decided to create a blog myself. There are other blog hosting sites such as http://www.livejournal.com/ and http://www.wordpress.com/ or http://www.typepad.com/ to name a few. You can type in "blog" on any search engine and get an extensive list of blog hosting sites.
Once you decide on a host, you need a blog title. For instance, my personal blog is titled "It Only Hurts When I Breathe". Then you'll need a blog address (also known as the URL). This can be the same or different as your blog title. My personal blog address is http://mystolenlight.blogspot.com/ though I now wish that I would have chosen the same name for both, just to keep things simple. Usually that's all you need to get started.
What the heck is a WIDGET? A Widget is a funky little tool you can use on your blog for many different things. Just about anything on the blog that isn't part of a post (a post is where you actually journal) is a widget. For example, Link Lists, Followers, Twitter, Blog Rolls, About Me, Counters, etc. Everyone has their own preference on what type of widgets, if any, they would like to have on their blog.
But it's ugly! There are many websites out there that offer html codes to help you spruce up your blog. They also offer instructions (most of the time). If you use MySpace you may already be aware of this feature. A few websites that offer blog background codes are http://www.thecutestblogontheblock.com/ and http://designerblogsbyerin.blogspot.com/ or http://www.scrapbookgraphics.com/ to mention a few.
Nobody is reading it! In order to get readers and/or "followers" (people who read your blog on a regular basis because they subscribe to the RSS feed) you'll need to be a good blog buddy and read, comment and follow other blogs. You can also post your blog link on catalog websites (http://www.blogcatalogue.com/ is one), Facebook, Twitter, MySpace or other forums.
Tweak the settings. There are many settings that you can tweak to suit your preferences such as allowing comments or not, receiving comment notifications, blogging from your phone or email, archiving, or allowing more than one person to post to the bog. There are many settings that can be played around with and the best way to learn is to explore.
There are lots of ways to make your blog interesting. You can add music, photo's, video's, Twitterings, Links, Blog Rolls and so much more. Some people just prefer the basics, and that's ok too. What ever makes you feel more comfortable.
Other sites with advice and info:
A list of Blog Directories
So, you want to blog, but don't know where to start? First you need to pick a blog hosting site. There are countless ones out there. Here at the DBC I use http://www.blogger.com/ because it is the only one I was familiar with at the onset of my blogging career. I was reading a blog hosted here, and decided to create a blog myself. There are other blog hosting sites such as http://www.livejournal.com/ and http://www.wordpress.com/ or http://www.typepad.com/ to name a few. You can type in "blog" on any search engine and get an extensive list of blog hosting sites.
Once you decide on a host, you need a blog title. For instance, my personal blog is titled "It Only Hurts When I Breathe". Then you'll need a blog address (also known as the URL). This can be the same or different as your blog title. My personal blog address is http://mystolenlight.blogspot.com/ though I now wish that I would have chosen the same name for both, just to keep things simple. Usually that's all you need to get started.
What the heck is a WIDGET? A Widget is a funky little tool you can use on your blog for many different things. Just about anything on the blog that isn't part of a post (a post is where you actually journal) is a widget. For example, Link Lists, Followers, Twitter, Blog Rolls, About Me, Counters, etc. Everyone has their own preference on what type of widgets, if any, they would like to have on their blog.
But it's ugly! There are many websites out there that offer html codes to help you spruce up your blog. They also offer instructions (most of the time). If you use MySpace you may already be aware of this feature. A few websites that offer blog background codes are http://www.thecutestblogontheblock.com/ and http://designerblogsbyerin.blogspot.com/ or http://www.scrapbookgraphics.com/ to mention a few.
Nobody is reading it! In order to get readers and/or "followers" (people who read your blog on a regular basis because they subscribe to the RSS feed) you'll need to be a good blog buddy and read, comment and follow other blogs. You can also post your blog link on catalog websites (http://www.blogcatalogue.com/ is one), Facebook, Twitter, MySpace or other forums.
Tweak the settings. There are many settings that you can tweak to suit your preferences such as allowing comments or not, receiving comment notifications, blogging from your phone or email, archiving, or allowing more than one person to post to the bog. There are many settings that can be played around with and the best way to learn is to explore.
There are lots of ways to make your blog interesting. You can add music, photo's, video's, Twitterings, Links, Blog Rolls and so much more. Some people just prefer the basics, and that's ok too. What ever makes you feel more comfortable.
Other sites with advice and info:
A list of Blog Directories
Thursday, July 9, 2009
In Memory of Our Babies
This is a memory list of our babies.
Children who came and went so quickly.
Children who came and went so quickly.
Logan David, Michigan, USA 01/24/09
Lukas John aka Wubba, IL, USA 01/30/09
Leila Mae, Ohio, USA 05/21/09
Tessa Marie, Washington, USA 01/26/09-02/07/09
Mia Victoria, Germany 07/12/07-04/24/08
Freyja Ione, Australia, 07/25/06
Kees Henry, Netherlands, 02/01/08-03/21/08
Collin Michael, California, USA 08/09/08
Ireland Lila, British Columbia, Canada 03/14/09
Isla Michaela, Ontario, Canada 07/01/09
Owen Anil, Maryland, USA 01/31/09
Vivienne Esme, Tennessee, USA 02/17/09
Bridgitte Faith, New York, USA 4/10/09
Ashlyn Olivia, New York, USA 5/2/09
Carleigh McKenna, Ohio, USA 03/28/09
Eric Martin, Maine, USA 12/15/08
Jasper Thomas, Florida, USA 03/04/09 - 03/06/09
Ella Rose, Illinois,USA 09/15/09
Baby Bean, Minnesota, USA 05/26/09
Baby Steven, Canberra, Australia 04/12/97
Baby Lou, Canberra, Australia 1996
Sydney Alexis, Missouri, USA 02/10/09
Carleigh McKenna, Ohio, USA 03/28/09
Eric Martin, Maine, USA 12/15/08
Jasper Thomas, Florida, USA 03/04/09 - 03/06/09
Ella Rose, Illinois,USA 09/15/09
Baby Bean, Minnesota, USA 05/26/09
Baby Steven, Canberra, Australia 04/12/97
Baby Lou, Canberra, Australia 1996
Sydney Alexis, Missouri, USA 02/10/09
If you would like to have your child's name added to the memory list, please leave a comment with their name, location and date of death and they will be added to the list ASAP.
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