4 months for Colette
Today Colette would have been 4 months old. Such a fun age, no longer a new born and almost mobile. At least if she was like my other two she would be. Rolling all over the place, bouncing in her saucer while she watchers everything around her. I wonder what her smile would look like, what her giggle would sound like. Would her hair have stayed dark like like mine like it was when she was born or would it have gone blond like Aaron and Bridgett?
It was kind of a hard day. It does not help that we woke up to several inches of SNOW! yes snow! and it kept snowing most of the morning. And I'm not talking about a flake here or there but it actually stuck to the ground. Since when do we get snow at the end of May in Utah? A little sun would have been nice. I spent most of the day cutting out fabric for the enrichment activity tomorrow night. We are making blankets to donate to the bereavement counselors at AF hospital, for anyone else who looses a baby weather it's miscarriage, stillborn or infant loss like Colette. Several people have already dropped off fabric they have donated because they won't be able to make it tomorrow. It makes me so happy that people would still donate fabric even though they wont' be able to come. I'm hoping that we get some people there tomorrow but I know that it's a hard week its' the last week of school and there is so much going on! I'm just grateful to be allowed to share this little piece of comfort that I have found since loosing Colette. Making blankets has helped me to deal with my grief a little at a time.
It was kind of a hard day. It does not help that we woke up to several inches of SNOW! yes snow! and it kept snowing most of the morning. And I'm not talking about a flake here or there but it actually stuck to the ground. Since when do we get snow at the end of May in Utah? A little sun would have been nice. I spent most of the day cutting out fabric for the enrichment activity tomorrow night. We are making blankets to donate to the bereavement counselors at AF hospital, for anyone else who looses a baby weather it's miscarriage, stillborn or infant loss like Colette. Several people have already dropped off fabric they have donated because they won't be able to make it tomorrow. It makes me so happy that people would still donate fabric even though they wont' be able to come. I'm hoping that we get some people there tomorrow but I know that it's a hard week its' the last week of school and there is so much going on! I'm just grateful to be allowed to share this little piece of comfort that I have found since loosing Colette. Making blankets has helped me to deal with my grief a little at a time.
Julia, I am so glad you are using your talents of sewing to help others. I know when we went to the hospital to deliver Isabella, we were still in shock that we had lost her. We didn't think to take a blanket with us, so we were so thankful for a program there that gave us a beautiful blanket to wrap her in and hold her. I now have the blanket in a shadow box I made for her 6 month mark. Those little things make such a huge difference to families and parents...I think it is so great you are doing this. I know Colette would be very proud of you.
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