It is going to the Women's Birth and Wellness Center in Chapel Hill, NC today. This is where I went for my care while pregnant with Lilly and I had incredible support there. (Hunter and Solomon were born there too!) Recently I read in their monthly e-newsletter that they were in need of gently used receiving blankets. So I collected 18 blankets. Eighteen because Lilly had Trisomy 18. I also included my current 3 favorite baby books, for their library. Three because we just recognized Lilly's 3rd birthday.
The books are: Making Babies: Fertility, Pregnancy, and Birth the Natural Way by Shoshanna Easling, Super Nutrition for Babies: The Right Way to Feed Your Baby for Optimal Health by Katerine Erlich and Kelly Genzlinger, and Trim Healthy Mama by Pearl Barrett and Serene Allison. Inside the front cover of the books, I added a special sticker:
I recently had another angel mom ask me how I can do these projects when I am grieving. My answer was that it helps me. It is healing for me to do things to help others. I always think of this scripture in times like this:
"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God." - 1 Corinthians 3-4
When I am gathering things for my Lilly projects, I store them in my "large utility tote" from Thirty One. It is embroidered with "My Lilly Projects."
Yesterday I had another "hello" from Lilly - a yellow lily flower in her garden:
JOIN US FOR OUR FUNDRAISER THROUGH JULY 27TH! I am holding a Thirty One gifts fundraiser this month. All earnings will be split between SOFT and my own Lilly Memorial Project. Go to our party page by clicking https://www.mythirtyone.com/NikkiHuffman/ , click on "My Parties" on the left, and then clicking on "The Lilly Memorial Projects Thirty-One Fundraiser." THANK YOU!
Your Amazing, A powerful testimony of Gods grace and help in times of trouble!
ReplyDeleteThank you Tesha! Give God the glory! :)
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