It is the day we remember our babies...
I remember the ones we never got to hold...my three tiny tummy babies.
I also remember how long I suffered in silence... I didn't tell but a handful of people for years. I tried to hide the shame that was never mine to hold. I smiled, laughed, and made jokes, I was funny. I didn't want the world to find out what I knew...that my body was broken; that I wasn't woman enough to keep a baby alive.
As a Christian I would sit and worship and smile at baby dedication and Mother's Day. I couldn't let others see that my faith was shaken. I didn't want them to know that when I would bow my head the images of laying on the bathroom floor crying out to God to save my baby would flash through my mind...
That I was angry. That I was jealous.. That I was alone. That I was wrong.
When we decided to adopt...people felt that it was perfectly fine to ask. It wasn't. Then again at the same time I was tired of dodging questions...
So I just blurted it all out. ~ The heavens didn't fall.
Some people were shocked, some hurt that I didn't tell them, but they adjusted. The sweetest was friends and family that opened up...they were hiding their pain as well a few found their way through the pain and the shame and were open, they gave voice to their loss. They were free.
I have a happy life! I have a gorgeous husband that loves me, and 3 beautiful daughters. I have more blessing that I can count. Taking a minute or a day to remember doesn't take away from all of that.... It doesn't make one ungrateful, just thoughtful.
So on this day... Love. Hope. Remember.
If you would like to remember your little angels, please feel free to post your memorial in a comment below.
ReplyDeleteTo my sweet babies. I love you. I have loved you everyday. I know you are in heaven, but I would have done anything to keep you here... Till I can hold you in my arms I will hold you in my heart.
Love,
Mommy