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Parents of lost babies and potential of all kinds: come here to share the technicolour, the vividness, the despair, the heart-broken-open, the compassion we learn for others, having been through this mess — and see it reflected back at you, acknowledged and understood.

Thanks to photographer Xin Li and to artist Stephanie Sicore for their respective illustrations and photos.

for one and all > Memorial ideas for Dads

I have seen lots of ideas for Mom's to memorialize their lost babies (ex. jewelry, etc), but what about Dad's? Anyone have any ideas?

July 4, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJennifer

I don't know, my husband just seems not to want to talk about it, and has put everything I've given him away, just stuffed it somewhere.

July 5, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterKatherine

The mister is still plotting his tattoo. He's not remotely a tat guy, so this is kinda a big deal, and he wants everything just so. He's done a bunch of research and talking, but 1.5 years later, and no tattoo. I think it's one of those things that it will become permanent once it's there in ink so he's dreading the actualization. And I can sympathize with that.

Right now he still wears a blue plastic bracelet (like the Live.strong) ones with her name and birthday on it, and he's worn it since the blue hospital one fell off his wrist.

July 5, 2008 | Registered Commentertash

I have read of the couple getting the same bands with the baby's birthstone, with baby's name engraved on the inside.
I have also read of men working on a sculpture over time.
Maybe sometimes they do not need something so material, but just time and space, to process everything.

July 7, 2008 | Registered Commenterjanis