Something finally got me inspired to post

I reconnected with someone I worked with when I was in high school thanks to Facebook (imagine that). I was happy to see that she was married and had finally started the family she had always dreamed of. The start of her family was bittersweet, though. One of her twins was born stillborn, the other survived but has had health problems because they were born so early. He does seem to be doing pretty well these days.

This friend recently posted a link to a blog called Names in the Sand. I am just going to copy and paste from their About Us page because I don't want to get the story wrong.

When your child dies you are left with the most indescribable feeling of emptiness. In some cases there is no record of your child. No recognition of their life. No birth certificate, not even a death certificate. To Write Their Names In The Sand honours, remembers and recognizes the lives of children lost.

That Dream...

"To Write Their Names In The Sand" began in the early hours of August 19th 2008. In her sleep on that cold winter's morning, Carly dreamed of her son Christian for the first time since he was born sound asleep on January 26th 2007.

Carly dreamed that she was walking along the beach when up ahead of her she saw three children playing together. They were laughing and really enjoying their time under the sun. When she got closer to them they ran away up into the sand dunes. When Carly reached the point where the children were playing she saw that they had written their names in the sand.

The children's names were Noah, Bella and Christian. Carly had dreamed of her son. Even though she did not realize it was him until he was gone she felt overwhelmed with love. Christian was there, he was healthy, whole and happy playing on Heaven's beach with his two little friends that left this Earth only a short time before he did.

Carly woke from her sleep at 3am. Her mind was ticking over. She knew this dream would change her life forever. She knew it meant something amazing. That evening at sunset Carly went to the beach, she kept her dream to herself and told no one. She wrote the three names that had appeared in her dream. After she had taken the photo's she stood in the water and prayed. She told God that she would start a children's memorial page and that she would write the names of children who were now with Him instead of their loving families. She asked him for strength and love.

Carly kept the memorial page a secret from Sam. She showed it for the first time to him on Father's Day.

Sam and Carly had no idea that this dream would become something so amazing. They receive on average 150 name requests a day. Carly uses a simple Canon IXUS digital camera to take all the photo's.

Their dream is to bring warm light back into bereaved families lives. They wish for everyone Hope and Peace.



The picture at the top of the page is for my friend's baby and is the entry for August 4. I think this is such an amazing and beautiful way to honor those little souls that just couldn't commit to life this time around. It's also nice to see someone like Carly who has lost so much channel her energy into something so positive. What an amazing woman.