One of the other communities I belong to had this posted, and I wanted to share it here. I think many of us mourn the loss of some of the more pedestrian aspects of having a child, like doing a memory book.

Here's the background and information from one of my friends online:

I wanted to share a special book that a friend of mine has written, called I Will Hold You in My Heart Forever...a baby book for little angels. Michelle lost her baby, Tyler at 7 week old from a congenital heart defect. She wrote this book in order to help detail his extraordinary life, and to help other bereaved families heal.


Here is some information on this book:

This book is for all families who have suffered the loss of a baby either through miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death. The original baby book created in 1898 by C.R. Gibson celebrated one of life’s most cherished moments, the birth of a new baby. Forever Heart Publishing is proud to announce the publication of a very special memory book dedicated to those babies whose lives have ended too soon. The book; entitled {I Will Hold You In My Heart Forever, A baby book for little angels} written by Michelle Murray, provides families who have suffered the loss of a baby whether through miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death, the opportunity to create a baby book tailored specifically to their own situation.

Michelle is a bereaved parent herself. She lost her firstborn son Tyler when he was only 7 weeks old. She then went on to have two perfectly healthy baby girls but while filling out her daughter’s baby books she was saddened that she did not have a proper baby book for Tyler. Filling out a normal baby book did not feel right and it also felt very incomplete. She needed a precious keepsake book to hold all the dreams and memories that she had of her baby boy.

This book is designed to fit many situations by having removable pages. It will allow you to take out sections that do not apply to you. If your child lived, then fill out the birth section; if not there is a whole chapter for detailing the months that you were pregnant. The other sections include a family tree, hospital stays, a page for funeral details, final resting place, journal pages to write down your feelings and folders to store sympathy cards and other precious keepsakes. This book will allow you to work through your grief and you will be able to treasure it and look back on it for years to come.

Proceeds of the book will help organizations such as Bereaved Families of Ontario, a support group that helps families through the grief of losing a child

Contact: Michelle Murray
Forever Heart Publishing
Phone: 416-881-9729
michelle@foreverheart.ca
www.foreverheart.ca (in construction)

You can find out more about this book through Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/I-Will-Hold-You-In-My-Heart-Forever-A-baby-book-for-little-angels/109239452432682?v=wall&ref=nf

Thank you for sharing this, Sarah. What an incredible idea.

That is a great idea and so sweet! I think I'm gonna go cry now.........