October 15th....And the whole month of October is Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness

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Yes, Breast Health is extremely important. And Breast Cancer, as it should be, is in the forefront in the month of October. After all, it is Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October.

But, as you remember those that you have lost, or rejoice with those that have won the battle against a horrid disease that can strike both men, as well as women, please also remember one other Awareness that is not often mentioned or "advertised" within the month of October.

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. It too is in the month of October.

Please, remember those of us that have lost a baby. Either by miscarriage, or after birth at some point in their infancy.

Check your local area hospitals as well. Especially where there are Birthing Centers. They may have a Remembrance Walk, a Memorial Garden Dedication Ceremony or other type of remembrance/awareness activity going on.

No mother should have to go through the pain of losing a baby. Before or after it's birth. And those of us that have, shall not and will not forget our Angel Babies.

Again, please remember, October is also Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month.

 

 

 

 Just Those Few Weeks 

 

For those few weeks--

I had you to myself

And that seems too short a time

to be changed so profoundly.

 

In those few weeks--

I came to know you

and to love you.

You came to trust me with your life.

Oh, what a life I had planned for you!

 

Just those few weeks--

When I lost you.

I lost a lifetime of hopes,

plans, dreams, and aspirations...

A slice of my future simply vanished overnight.

 

Just those few weeks--

It wasn't enough time to convince others

how special and important you were.

How odd, a truly unique person has recently died

and no one is mourning the passing.

 

Just a mere few weeks--

And no "normal" person would cry all night

over a tiny, unfinished baby,

or get depressed and withdrawn day after endless day.

No one would, so why am I?

 

You were just those few weeks my little one

you darted in and out of my life too quickly.

But it seems that's all the time you needed

to make my life so much richer

and give me a small glimpse of eternity.

 

Poem Copyright 1984 by Susan Erling Martinez

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Oct. 15, 2009 at 5:15 PM