In less than 3 months (on March 15th) it will be 1 year since Ava and Teagan entered this world. We wish that we would be planning and celebrating a big 1st birthday for them. Unfortunately that is not the case. We want to do something to remember them on this day so we have decided we will put together some memory boxes to donate to local hospitals to give to families that go through a loss. I personally never got one when our girls were born but know many people that have. We wanted to allow our family and friends to be part of this if they wanted to. Of course we dont expect it but wanted to include those that love our girls. Obviously I have never done this so Im not really sure what Im doing but will do the best we can. Here are the things that we are going to include in these boxes if anyone wants to help out with them.
Small stuffed animals
Journals
Pens
Small candles
Kleenex (the small individual wrapped ones)
Small picture frames or albums
Small blankets (receiving size)
Disposable Cameras
We have someone that is going to make little hats to put in them and any extras she makes we will donate to the NICU. Im going to print poems that I found comforting and also include those in the boxes.
I have started to buy the memory boxes. If anyone ever sees cute ones on sale somewhere please let me know!
I just wanted to share this with everyone :) Im going to start buying the stuff and putting them together after Christms and we are going to take them to the hospital or hospitals depending on how many we make on their 1st birthday. If anyone has any suggestions on other things we could include in them please let me know! I hope I can do a good job on these for other families that have to go through the terrible loss of a baby :(
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