Alison and A Walk to Remember

Today I am praying for Alison. At 36 weeks pregnant after noticing that her baby had stopped moving, she found out that her baby's little heart had stopped beating. On July 9, 2007 she gave birth to Annika Beth. Alison is pregnant once again and is expecting a son. Prayers for peace in her mind and heart as a pregnancy after a loss is not easy.

While we were in the hospital, they gave us a Walk to Remember brochure. I kind of blew it off because I wasn't ready for anything like that. Alison contacted me about it and after debating whether I was ready or not, I decided it might be a good thing so I signed us up. I am so glad that I went! We had to drive about an hour to get to a beautiful park where the celebration was being held. They had a short ceremony where a woman who attended the first walk 22 years ago spoke about her loss. It was very similar to ours- her water broke at 5 months and after a few days, she gave birth to a little girl that wieghed 1 1/2 pounds. Then they had one person from each family go up and get a white rose for each child lost- during that time they had someone sing 'Precious Child' which is one of my favorite songs. We then decorated balloons for Brooke and Alexcyn and as their names were read aloud we set the balloons free. After everyones name was read we took a short walk to a covered bridge and back. It was a wonderful way to remember our girls and the impact they made on our lives. We will definitely be back next year!

setting Brooke's balloons free

setting Alexcyn's balloons free

it is kind of hard to see, but the girls names were on the back of the shirt