Thursday, April 18, 2013

remembering babies - yours and mine


i found a newly bereaved mama and sent her some messages of comfort and love. she is sweet and newly heartbroken, with all of the rawness and all of the despair. i remember. i remember.

she lives in paris. she gave herself a mission to light candles in notre dame for babies gone too soon and their mamas. she lit a candle for nathaniel and her own little sun, and some other babies she's learned about.

i was so touched. i was in paris, i walked by notre dame, early, early in my pregnancy with nathaniel. i was pregnancy brain foggy and nauseated, but i remember. i remember how beautiful the church was. i remember being close to the river. i remember being with nathaniel. . .

i wanted to extend that offer here on my blog: here in portland, we have a place called the grotto. it's also "the national sanctuary of our sorrowful mother." it's an outdoor sanctuary just outside of town, and it is very beautiful and very peaceful.

i'm planning a trip there in the next week or two to light a candle for nathaniel and for little sun, but i'd also love to light a candle for your baby. leave a comment and i will make sure to light a candle for your baby at the grotto.


13 comments:

  1. The grotto looks beautiful! Sometime when I'm home in Oregon, I will have to visit there. I'd love for you to light a candle for Bear. xoxo

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  2. Suzanne, I would be so touched if you would light a candle for Anja. Thank you.

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  3. I would love if you could light a candle for Jack that would mean alot. Xo

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  4. This is so lovely Suzanne. If you can, please include my Saersha.

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  5. Oh Suzanne you are so sweet always thinking of all the lost babies. I would be touched if you included my son, A. Thank you.

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  6. How beautiful - all these delicate connections that branch out from such sad and tender places.
    I would be very grateful if you light a candle for my daughter, Georgina. I miss her so.

    Remembering your dear Nathaniel x

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  7. thank you suzanne. I would be grateful for a candle for my little lost Eva.

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  8. If you could light a candle for my Beatrix... i would be grateful.

    Thank you

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  9. Oh Suzanne, this is so very touching.

    I would love to have my Alexander remembered, and a candle lit for him. I wish he was here so so much.

    Love to you xox

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  10. Yes please, that would be lovely. I don't use my children's names on the internet, and can't see an email address for you on your site in order to tell you his name privately. Mine is alwaysmy3boys@gmail.com if you wouldn't mind making contact so I can share his name with you.

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  11. I hadn't heard of the Grotto before - it looks beautiful. If you could light a candle for our Elizabeth I would be so grateful.

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  12. Suzanne, that is so lovely. I got teary eyed just thinking about it. Not just someone remembering my baby, which means the world to me. But also my baby being remembered along with everyone else's babies. It somehow made me feel like she has a bunch of little friends surrounding her, and that brought me a piece of joy. Thank you for that.

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  13. Suzanne you are a beautiful soul. I would be very grateful if you lit a candle for my Liam.

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