Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month: Honoring You & Raising Awareness
October is Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month.
Throughout this month we make an even more intentional effort to honor you and remember your babies.
To give you space to share your story. To raise awareness.
Below are 5 ways that The Morning is commemorating Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month but most importantly I want you to hear me say:
You are more than a statistic.
You are more than 1 in 4.
You matter.
Your story matters.
Your baby(s) matter.
And you are loved.
5 Ways to Commemorate Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness
1. SHARE YOUR STORY, PUBLICLY OR PRIVATELY.
On The Morning Socials: We want to share personal stories this month. To remind the world that you are more than a statistic. Share your story here. (We made this super simple, fill-in-the-blank style — take a look and share your story today.)
On Your Socials, Blog or Website: We have graphics you can use on social media like the ribbon above. Just click, save and upload to your favorite social media channels. Or the Instastory Graphics below are helpful when words seem hard to come by. Download the Share Graphics here.
Daily Journaling: We created a 31 day journal specifically for the month of October: My Joyful Mourning, A Guided Grief Journal; to give you a private space to share your story.
This journal is that space we all need when we’re grieving - a special space to remember and to mourn, to hope and to heal. Your motherhood may look nothing like you imagined and yet it is beautiful. Your baby left too soon, but we promise, your baby matters. This journal allows you to notice all of those things.
Purchase the My Joyful Mourning Journal here (printed & digital versions available)
2. ART PRINT: THE AADEN SAGE BIRTHDAY PROJECT
Throughout the month of October 2021 this beautiful print is available as a free gift in honor of the founder of The Morning’s son, Aaden Sage Proffitt and his birthday. We ask only that you cover the cost of shipping. Edited to add: This print is no longer free but is still available for purchase in our shop here.
Get this print for yourself or someone you love who has experienced the loss of a baby.
The Aaden Sage Birthday Project was started 8 years ago as a simple and tangible way to remind hurting families that their baby is loved and remembered.
3. CONVERSATIONS WITH A GRIEVING MOM
All month long we will be featuring a weekly bonus episode that helps to raise awareness about this journey of baby loss and grief. You can help to raise awareness by listening, subscribing and sharing these episodes.
4. WEAR A SHIRT (or sweatshirt or hat!)
We created this fall collection to give you a tangible way to honor your baby while also raising awareness of the reality that too many moms face: saying goodbye to their babies too soon.
5. SPONSOR A PODCAST OR PARTNER WITH THE MORNING FINANCIALLY
A really beautiful way to raise awareness and to simultaneously honor your baby is to sponsor a podcast episode in your baby's honor (or a baby you love) so that other women can continue to hear stories of hope and healing. Or you can give become a Morning Partner by giving a small monthly gift or a one time donation. Learn more about financially supporting the ministry of The Morning.
BONUS! MARK YOUR CALENDAR: OCTOBER 15
Join us on this day for Wave of Light; a special way to remember our babies. At 7pm (your local time) light a candle. Women who have experienced the loss of a baby will be joining together from all over the world, lighting a candle and creating a Wave of Light — honoring our babies and raising awareness about pregnancy and infant loss. We will be providing special graphics for you to use on that day as well as a few other helpful resources so be on the lookout for those.
We think this candle from Laurelbox is perfect for the occasion.
Lastly, and most importantly, and one more time in case you forgot: you are more than a statistic. You are more than 1 in 4. You matter. Your story matters. Your baby(s) matter. And you are loved today.
xo,
ashlee
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