PILA Month day 17

Day 17 - an art piece (drawing, sculpture, painting, etc) that moves you.

Photographs always get me. A mother and child. Children playing. Every time. There is something about photos, the freezing of time, the permanence. I love it.

One of my favorites in not digital because I took it on film and I have not gotten around to scanning my THOUSANDS of negatives... even though I have had a scanner to do so for 4? years! It is of the little girl I used to nanny, Emily, and she is playing her little pool after her afternoon nap. The lighting was perfect and she had just glanced up for a second. I caught a magic glimmer in her eyes that I love, matching the blue in her swimsuit. Always one of my faves.

I will see if I can find it and upload it tonight...

Happy Birthday Jonathan!

Two year ago today I gave birth to my sweet baby, destined to be an angel. Taken from our arms far too soon. We miss you every day sweet boy and wonder how your life would have been. I hope you are happy and safe and watching over us with love. Hugs and kisses from Mommy and Daddy and your brothers.

October 15th

Is National Day of Remembrance for Pregnancy and Infant loss. I just recently found out about this and I guess for us it brings even more special meaning since we lost Jonathan just days before.

My friend Geneva sent me the link to this blog and she had a lovely idea to use her blog for others to post comments about the loss that they have experienced. So while it is not my idea, I love it so much that I am going to borrow it.

"If you have lost a baby (and yes, I consider a miscarriage in ANY week to be the loss of a life) to infant death or miscarriage, I want the honor of praying for you. But I want others to be able to pray for you as well, the way they have for me. So, if you are one of those women, will you please leave a comment on this post and tell us your name, the nature of your loss (date, what happened etc), and the child/children's names so that we can pray for you.

You may post as "anonymous" for this post (I have altered settings to allow this), and you are welcome to leave as much info as you feel comfortable. If you don't want to share private information, you are welcome to just say, "I lost a baby" and we will pray for you. "

What a beautiful thing to do.

Today when I was shopping I ran across a lovely little poem:

A wee bit of heaven drifted down from above
A handful of happiness
A heart full of love.

Just like Angie from Bring the Rain I will start.

My name is Jaimey Buquet. I lost my second child Jonathan Mitchell October 9, 2008 just 3 short hours after his birth to Anencephaly.

I hope that the people who have uplifted me so much can help others as well. My heart goes out to anyone who has lost a child in any capacity.