4.19.10

Here I am playing catch-up on the March for Babies walk that was Saturday, the 17th. My camera batteries died, and one of my friends was gracious enough to donate her mad photo skills to get some of the following pics.


I woke up off and on all night long, nervous my alarm wasn't going to wake me up in time. It was a beautiful morning. After the glitch of our meeting place being closed, we got everyone gathered at the stadium for registration.  I knew to expect babies and children everywhere - and there were. 


I  held myself together quite well, except for when I was introduced to another mom who had lost one of her twins 5 years ago. When you stand there and know they have experienced something you have, and they understand where you are at, it's hard to hold it together. You try to keep it to tears with the people who don't know anything, but you just fall apart when they know exactly what it's like.


3 of us had made t-shirts, and I had made little badges for the rest of the walkers to wear.


We walked 2.5 miles, along the local river. I had my mother in law, and several good friends who walked with me, and I was thankful for them taking the time to support me in this. I was terribly disappointed in the local media though. I can't find any article or information on how many people attended, and no pictures from it. I plan to keep looking, but it's usually not this difficult. 


All in all, it was a good thing. I'm thankful to Maggie, because she had something about it on her blog and got me thinking about it.

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I've been so honored by donations made to the March of Dime's 'March for Babies' walk that is happening this coming Saturday. As of now we're sitting at 6 walkers. And we're $15 away from our final goal! Yes, I said final because we already had to raise it once! Thank you everyone for your thoughts, for signing up to walk, or for donating. It means a lot to me, as this is a small way to do something for Lyra...and for all the other babies.

4.9.10

The March of Dimes Walk for Babies is about a week away. I've been working on shirts and other items for the walk. But I wanted something with me that would represent the babies of the people that I've learned about since losing Lyra. So this is what I've come up with. 


I'm actually really nervous to post this because I don't want anyone to think I've purposefully left their child out. The stars have become my symbol for Lyra. Something for me to see and find comfort in at night, when it's sometimes the hardest. Unfortunately, I know the list could go on forever, but the stars on this represent all our children we don't get to have here with us, even if their name isn't listed. 

4.6.10

For the March of Dimes walk that is coming up on the 17th, a few of the walkers have decided to make shirts. I wanted to do a practice one to make sure it would work before we all got together. And voila, this is the result. I'm also making a few other things for the walk, but will have to wait to show those til afterwards, as I don't want to give the surprise away.

Shirt for March of Dimes walk

Crayon

And for Easter we visited Lyra's grave again. L hadn't seen the new gravestone yet, and it just felt like that's where we needed to be. We walked around the cemetery, finding quite a few infant/toddler graves. And then enjoyed some time in the nearby park, trying to relax and not get hung up on what we are missing out on.

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Inspired by Maggie, I'm doing this: 
http://www.marchforbabies.org/team/t1391804