Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Birthday present for myself

This is what I got myself for my birthday. Thanks to Dreaming Tree Creations.


Have you bought anything to carry with you that reminds you of your dead baby? Have others commented? What do you tell them about this special token?

8 comments:

  1. It's beautiful! Yes I have a necklace that holds the small rings the hospital gave us and that they used in the pictures of Lily, I got a small circle similar to the one with Aidans name that says Lily. I also got a tattoo on my foot with her initials and cherry blossom flowers. I get more comments on the tattoo than the necklace. People ask whose initials are in the tattoo and then I tell them they are my daughters and I got it in memory of her. Sometimes they ask more, most of the time though they just say I'm sorry and it's beautiful.

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  2. That is beautiful! I have a very small circular necklace with an olive branch on it. It isn't engraved with Oliver's name as it was too small. I wear it everyday though and never take it off. I haven't had too many comments on it. I would like to get something with Oliver's name though on it. I just haven't found the right thing. Thanks for sharing your necklace!

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  3. It's beautiful. I wear a necklace with Aidan's name on it. I haven't had anyone ask me about it. They probably assume it's for my alive child. If they did ask about it I would tell his story. My rule is that I'm not going to make myself uncomfortable by not telling his story to keep strangers comfortable.

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  4. that's really nice. I love it. I have a pendant which my son's ashes are in. No one has asked me about it yet but I have told some people what it is.

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  5. The necklace is lovely. I love that e.e. cummings poem (I Carry Your Heart with Me). It's so fitting. I have two lines of this poem printed at the back of one of Kai memorial shirts my husband and I have. I haven't decided whether to get a cremation jewelry or a tattoo yet. Perhaps down the road. But I'm thinking of getting a ring with Kai's birthstone and his name and birthday engraved on it.

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  6. Love it!! I have a few necklaces that I wear but no one has ever asked about them. I always hope that they do, but they don't. :( I'm thinking of a tattoo that I want to get but haven't yet. We'll see. :)

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  7. I love the necklace!

    After my first two losses I bought a necklace with little forget-me-knot flowers and birthstones on them. I never got any questions about it... it really just looked like this pretty necklace.

    I want to update it to include my third baby.

    Hope you had a good birthday!

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  8. i have a snowflake necklace. i've never told anyone what it's for (except for my mum and one of my sisters) but once someone complimented it and it made me so happy, and so sad.

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