I am sure that you receive many emails, but I wanted to thank you for the wonderful support you give all of us grieving parents. My name is Patrice Hedman and I work for BESTFed in Mesa, AZ. Janet Pierce-Hollett brought me the wonderful information packet from your MISS group. She couldn’t stop talking about how wonderful you were to stop in the middle of your busy day to bring her this packet for me. You are also, in my opinion, a God Send. My daughter, Geneva Elaine, was born still at 38 weeks on March 14, 2001. My husband and I were very lucky to have Janet and our wonderful midwife, Lynnette there with us during labor and delivery. Although Lynnette has never attended your seminar for professionals, she did everything right for us. She encouraged me to deliver vaginally and to take our time. She also encouraged us to hold Geneva and to take time to create memories with her that will last a lifetime. She made an unbearable experience bearable and gave us precious memories of our daughter. Now, as I am still in the first stage of grief, I look to your website for comfort and support. You have made me feel that I am not alone and have helped me face the fact that my frieving will never be done. I will always love and miss my little Geneva. I have given your web address to all of my friends and family in hopes that they too will find the same comfort and in turn can learn more about how to comfort my husband and myself. I can only hope that Geneva’s life can bring about such meaning as your Cheyenne’s life has brought to this world. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Patrice Hedman
Mother to Geneva Elaine (my daughter who soars) and Nicholas George (my son who walks)
PS...A big thank you also to Carl Brashears who brought a similar packet to my mother-in-law, Sue Hedman. Carl, I wear the angel pin everyday over my heart and think of our babies in heaven. Thank you!
I must begin this email by telling you what an incredible network of support you have built out in the universe. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the emails of support I have received. Due to those emails, I found information about support groups that may be around in my area. In losing my Isabella Rose, I have learned that the support you can receive from another mother who has lived this tragedy is beyond what words can describe.
Thank you does not seem enough to say to you,
Laila
Isabella Rose’s Mom forever
God Bless you and your staff,
Ron Rieper
Please send me a copy of “Dear Cheyenne”. Last September, we lost our little granddaughter, Mackenzie – a beautiful little girl. She was stillborn. Someone gave me a copy of this book to read. It is such a beautiful book. It helped me through this sorrowful time. It has also helped me to understand what my daughter-in-law and son are going through – indescribable sorrow. I want to have a copy of the book so I can read it again and again. As a grandmother, it is all very difficult for me. I feel as if she was one of my own children...I held her and kissed her – what a joyous, painful moment. We will love and miss little Mackenzie forever.
Fay Sieja
Our sympathy to the families of these precious children
Antoine Wilson Albin |
