Sunday, April 26, 2015

For the Mother Who Knows Loss: A Giveaway

Mother's Day is coming up. It's often a difficult day for those who have experienced pregnancy or infant loss, even if you have other children or it's been many years. So I wanted to host a Mother's Day giveaway specifically for those mothers who have lost babies.

Jenna of Call Her Happy makes lovely embroidered necklaces. I have several and they are the source of so much beauty, and many compliments. She recently mentioned that she is taking orders for personalized mother's necklaces, with a pink rosette for each daughter and a blue rosette for each son.


I thought the necklace was just beautiful at it would be easy to incorporate the children we had lost as well. Since I'm currently pregnant and we don't know (nor will we find out until birth) the sex of our baby, I'll have to wait to get mine, but I look forward to ordering one from Jenna with a pink rosette for Lucia, a pink or blue for baby, and four little yellow rosettes for the little ones we've lost.

I am giving one of these lovely mother's rosette necklaces away to a mom who has lost a baby. The giveaway will end Saturday, May 2nd so I have time to contact the winner and have Jenna personalize the necklace for in time for a Mother's Day arrival.

UPDATE: Allison Kinyon, who sells beautiful handmade rosaries in her Etsy shop, Rosaries by Allison, offered to include a beautiful pocket rosary with light rose, light sapphire, and crystal Swarovski round beads and Madonna & Child center. There are more entries on the Rafflecopter to reflect this addition.



Since I sell Lilla Rose hair accessories, I'm also going to throw in a Lilla Rose accessory of the winner's choice ($16 or under).


The giveaway is only open to mothers who have lost children, so please don't enter if this does not describe you. Open worldwide.

29 comments:

  1. What a beautiful idea! The most helpful thing, I think, was our priest being willing to celebrate a funeral Mass for our baby and say the graveside prayers for us without any question or making us feel self-conscious. And then having friends and family show up.

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  2. "We will get through this." Still grieving. Still hard to believe my first pregnancy at 38 years old ended this way. My husband has been amazing through all of this.

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  3. A nurse in the OB/GYN triage told me in a very convicted way that the miscarriage was not my fault. She was the first person to ever say that and it was after my 3rd loss.

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  4. My mom just let me cry in her bed for awhile. She has lost three babies so she knew exactly how I was feeling.

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  5. When I saw my midwife the next morning, she asked how I was doing, and I started crying - her response was one of the best things anyone said: "It sucks."
    My husband has been my rock. Family and friends have been incredibly kind and supportive - my mother came from out of state to keep house while I rested, and my mother-in-law just gave me a charm with our baby's initial and birth date to go on the bracelet with my two other children's initials.

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  6. I didn't have much support when my actual miscarriage happened, but I think the kindest thing has been friends I met later acknowledging my grief years later, especially around the anniversary date. (These friends include you, so thank you!)

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  7. This is a beautiful idea! The most comforting thing someone said to me was the woman who did my ultrasound who said "God bless you, sweetie." There was something so genuine and comforting in the simplicity of her words.

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  8. My sister vacuumed my house while I was out and left cookies on the table along with a sympathy card. It was a thoughtful gesture at an awful time.

    Alicia

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  9. Whenever people use our lost babies' names when talking to us about them / our loss of them, it feels awesome! Someone else recognizes that they're real!

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  10. My parents stayed with me for the following week (they live 3 hours away). So they basically put their life on hold to be there for me! Which is what I needed the most. And then my mom stayed even longer to take care of things for me, including talking to my boss about when I would return to work!

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  11. My cousin Lisa brought over a meal and played with my girls so I could just rest. That was amazing.

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  12. After our second trimester miscarriage our friends planned the funeral, down to making the most perfect coffin. And my husband's childhood friend who is a priest said the funeral mass. They all dropped their plans to help us. It was the sweetest thing.

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  13. Such a sweet idea. Thank you so much.
    A friend sent me a condolence card. She had never experienced such heartache but was kind enough to reach out. It was comforting to have the loss of child acknowledged.

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  14. I love the rose cream Rosary with Gold plated Miraculous Mary center and crucifix.

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  15. I just visited Allison's Etsy shop. I see Allison's work a lot, when she posts in groups I'm also in. I absolutely adore the blue and tan "cloud" one!! All of them are beautiful!

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  16. The most kind thing someone did for me after I had my second loss was to just sit and cry with me. That was so much. That was enough.

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  17. We have lost 3 babies to miscarriage, one failed twin, and had secondary infertility. We have been enormously blessed by a community that shows up. Meals, childcare, pictures of our babies, shoulders to cry on, spiritual bouquets, remembering due dates, fasting and flowers, letters, funeral help, the list guess on. This is where the reality of the Body of Christ shines through, in the real presence of Him through them.

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  18. When we lost Elise this fall, a couple from our parish had a Christmas ornament made with her name and date of loss on it, and it hung on our tree during Advent and Christmas. It was the most comforting reminder of her during a very difficult season.

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  19. I also have four babies in heaven, I think of them every week when I celebrate Mass. I imagine them sitting around Jesus together with the angels singing Hosanna. Most of the times, people around me behave as if it is the most natural thing in the world to lose a baby. The Mass of Hope for the Unborn that started recently was the best thing to happen to me.

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  20. One of the most helpful things was from one of my good friends. She is the only one who will call my baby by name. She also listened to me when I was hurting and from our talk she painted a beautiful picture in memory of Hope. It hangs on my wall so I can look at it whenever I need to.

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  21. There are so many beautiful rosaries on her page, but I think my favorite is the Amethyst, Rose & White Czech glass Advent rosary.

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  22. So hard to choose just one! I would have to say the Divine Mercy rosary with Cream Swarovski crystal pearls and ruby Czech glass beads and silver plated crucifix is one of my favorites.

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  23. I am going to order one of those even if I don't win :) I was just thinking of Jenna's necklaces the other day and wondering if I could commission something. Love it! I totally agree that a really helpful thing is having friends who call your baby by name. And I really liked Karen Edmisten's book too.

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  24. Such a gift and beautiful idea <3 Praying for you and all.

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  25. I am a mother of 12, 7 living. My husband and I have named each child that I miscarried. Their siblings mourn them and pray for them, always.

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  26. I have two living children, lost one through miscarriage last fall, and am most likely miscarrying another right now. I have not had a good support system through this, but I take comfort in the fact that my older daughter always includes our baby when drawing pictures of Heaven. She's not sad our baby is there - she rejoices in knowing the name of someone who is already there.

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  27. So many of the rosaries are beautiful, but I especially like the blue and yellow bluebird one. It reminds me of spring!

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  28. My dear friend sent me a bouquet of flowers with a teddy bear hugging them. I'm keeping the bear to remind me of my little saints. My daughter plays with it on and off and it definitely tugs at the hear strings! Beautiful giveaway and so many prayers for you and the pregnancy!

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  29. Allison is a dear Internet friend of mine! I love all of her work. This one is a favorite!! https://www.etsy.com/listing/216141456/blue-white-isle-royale-swarovski-crystal

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