Lets Do This, October!

"Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world."- Desmond Tutu

It is October again, readers! (click link to refresh history behind this month!)

That means it is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, and October 15th being Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day.

This is our second year.

This is our second of many, many, many years.

What is different?

Not a whole lot.

There is one small thing that we are choosing to do this year, on October 15.

Be a little happier. Smile a little more. Hold on to the HOPE that we have.

We will step out (and up) for Jackson this month, and we will light a candle with a little less sadness and much more love.

I will also light a candle for so many other beautiful angels that left the far too soon.

For Jackson. For Grace. For Rip. For June. For Aiden. For Hayes. For the countless miscarriages that I know of.


See all those names?

They were real. They lived. They were loved.

They are still loved. Every. Single. Day.

This October 15th feels just a little different. Just a little. For reasons we will never, ever understand, we are the faces of this awful reality and because of that fact, we are committed to being ambassadors for love and acceptance for all that are touched by this loss. We are working on healing ourselves (this will take our whole life), but along the way, we want to help as many people as we possibly can. This is a loss that many do not speak about openly, and it is easy to understand why. It is also an issue that has a recognition month, yet it does not get much air time. This is us trying to change that. Here comes the publicity and air time world. One step. One month. One year at a time.

So, if you are reading this, I am asking YOU to light a candle at 7 PM (in your respective time zone) and keep it burning for 1 hour. This ceremony is called the International Wave of Light. It is small gesture to show all the babies how much they are loved and missed by everyone. It is silent but powerful ceremony. I am 100% sure that all of those babies can see this beautiful Wave of Light from Heaven. We must always remember that LOVE is a universal language. I, for one, believe in love and the power of it. Please join me and the rest of the world on October 15th at 7PM.

If you can, snap a photo of your candle! I would love to put together another video! Last year's, "Digital Tidal Wave" was absolutely amazing. We were BLOWN AWAY by the hundreds of photos we received. It was humbling. It also made us and so many others stronger.

Lets do it again.

You can e-mail me your photo at emily.deloach@hotmail.com.

And you know what, you can totally light one privately and call it a day!

Our candle from last year in a small corner of home (in our bedroom) that is dedicated to our little angel. Gosh almighty, those feet! Perfection.

Lets overwhelm the world with small bits of good.

For the first time in nearly a year and a half, I am ready.

That's a new feeling. Ready for some good. Ready for October and October 15th.

Love,
Russ and Emily