Healing after pregnancy, infant and child loss
At Luminous Light we are really passionate about helping women experiencing the loss of a baby to heal. Research shows that the way you are treated by health professionals when you experience a loss dictates how you will experience the grieving process. So with that being said we think that it is absolutely necessary that [...]
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As I stood there in the church and stared into his eyes as we became one, I never imagined that within the year I would witness him bathe the lifeless, delicate body of our stillborn son. Today I’m thinking of all the Dads out there and I would also like to honor my beautiful husband, [...]
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It has been weeks since Angie posted her Right Where I Am project for 2012. I wanted to jump right in there and write my heart out about where I am right now. But the truth is I have been doing so much lately that I really didn’t know where I was. Somewhere between lost [...]
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The little black birds. They follow me. Everywhere I go. They are at the beach, the school, the freeway, the park, our alfresco. They visit me when I hang out the washing. They tap on the fence and wag their tails at me. They appear when I think of Christian. My friend Teresa believes that [...]
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International Bereaved Mothers Day was created to remind people about the true meaning of Mother’s Day. Do you know who started it? Anna Jarvis officially founded the traditional Mother’s Day to honour her mother Ann who experienced the death of 7 of her children and somehow through the years it has turned into a commercialized [...]
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Years ago I had all the time in the world to write and read blogs. I would write on a daily basis. But as my family and Christian’s Beach grew I wrote less and less. These days I rarely find 10 minutes in a month to write down my thoughts. Writing really does come last [...]
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Just like I held your three sisters on the day of their births, I held you on my chest for hours on the day you were born. Whilst we heard the healthy screams of babies in the other rooms around us, our room was quiet as could be. A blanket of sadness and peace covered [...]
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We would like to extend a heartfelt gratitude to Margaret Price at The Wanneroo Times for writing this beautiful article about all of our work here at Project Heal. A very big thank you to Geoff Hutchison at 720 ABC Radio for having us on the show to speak about Christian and the legacy that [...]
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We are a group of girlfriends that mostly live in Perth, Western Australia. Each of us has been touched in one way or another by pregnancy, infant and child loss. It is because of the babies and children that we are not able to hold in our arms but in our hearts that we were [...]
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In the early hours of this morning I lay our living room with River wrapped up under my arm. We were sleeping on the fold out bed that in the day hides beneath the couch. I sleep there most nights. I can’t sleep too far away from my babes. It was so quiet outside. I [...]
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Today I feel very blessed to be a part of Franchesca’s “12 Days of Christmas with you in Heaven”. Please stop by her Small Bird Studios to read about my ideas on creating a place in your home for your children who cannot be with you this Christmas. Tomorrow is the 1st of December. The [...]
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I choose my words very carefully before I speak on the internet. Sometimes so much that I guess I hide who I really am. But yes I am afraid of offending others, or worse, upsetting someone. Last night I received some nasty mail. It came from a woman who is angry at me for influencing [...]
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We let Scarlett choose all ten winners this time as she has been so unwell. So the winners from our Christmas Line Launch are Angel Rowland {for her Daniel and Rachel} Deb {For her daughter Emma} Amanda Walmsley {For her daughter Emily} Ross Newton {For his wife Kaitlyn} Katy Patten {For her sons Aiden and [...]
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After our most recent beach remembrance ceremony for October 15th I received many emails and fb messages asking me to share ideas on how to hold a ceremony. I received so many emails that I was unable to reply everyone so I decided to write a guideline to help inspire others to hold a remembrance [...]
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Oh man, it is kinda long, I’m sorry! Click here to see my video or watch it on the top right of my side bar This was really something different to do. I am used to speaking in front of crowds but to a camera? DIFFERENT! And just for the record because I should seriously [...]
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