I never thought in a million years I'd get a tattoo, until I lost a baby
by Melissa Willets posted in Parenting
File getting a tattoo under things I never thought I'd do. Yeah, you know what else I never thought I'd do" Lose a baby. Although I still struggle to accept that this happened in real life, it did. And now, my husband and I are strongly considering getting tattoos to honor our sweet child.
We mourn her every day. So many moments are so bleak, so hopeless, so sad or rageful or guilt-laden, that I've realized we have to find some positive outlets for our all-consuming grief. One thing we are doing, is honoring the life we lost with a bucket list of sorts. It's a 100-day "celebration" of her. I'm chronicling the daily ways in which our family is paying tribute to our angel baby on Instagram if you want to keep up with us. So far, we have made a sandcastle, and jumped off our boat. Last night we drove to get lost, meandering through the winding roads in the mountains where we live.
In these moments I feel ever-so-slightly hopeful, as we channel our pain in a productive way. As a family, we can heal just the teeniest bit through these activities that we hoped to do with the baby, but we now do for her. In her honor. Because we love her so much, and want to remember her, and keep her close to us, always.
On the same day this photo of my daughter jumping off our boat was taken, my husband asked me how I would feel about him getting a tattoo to honor our angel. Although we so aren't tattoo people, in so much as neither of u...
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