Gone Too Soon – Journal Giveaway

In real life and online ~ I am outspoken about my daughter Amelia and her stillbirth.  However, most people don’t realize that I have another daughter who died as well.  Her name was Alice.  She came before Amelia and didn’t live inside of me for very long.  Her cells divided, her heart beat, and my body came to life once again as the pregnancy test confirmed that she was now taking up residence in my womb.  Her life was just as precious and wanted as any of my other children.  Yet, she died somewhere around eight weeks and she was gone before I was even able to schedule an appointment at my midwives office.   She was gone, but my devastation never left.

After my stillbirth, people grieved with me and acknowledged Amelia as a baby that died.  With Alice, people couldn’t understand why we even bothered to give her a name.  My early loss (miscarriage) was a non-event in most peoples eyes because it happens to so many women.   I received no support and many implied that it was just ‘not meant to be’.   My baby, this person who should have been a part of my family, just didn’t rate in most people’s eyes.

I searched for validation that I be allowed to mourn and grieve Alice in the way I was allowed to grieve Amelia.   I honestly didn’t find much more than horrifying statistics that continued to make me feel more crazy and angry at the kind of ‘move on and get over it’ mentality that I found almost everywhere.  So, I decided to create a journal that was special enough for her.  My daughter’s life was brief, but no less precious than any other living baby’s story.   Alice lives on in not only my heart, but in the concrete and beautiful pages that I lovingly made for her.

This journal is the compilation of my own needs, grief work, and my training as a mental health professional.  I worked hard to create something that is missing in the world right now . . . a journal that helps break the silence of miscarriage and recognizes every baby {regardless of gestation} as real.   This is a 113 page guided journal with space for writing, scrap-booking and storage for every treasure that symbolizes your baby.

And because I know that I am not alone, I want to give away one “Gone Too Soon” journal to someone in the loss and Still Standing community. 

DETAILS:
Entry to this giveaway will be open for 48 hours and I will announce the winner on the Still Standing FB page and Beyond Words Designs FB page on Thurs. February 27th at 8am EST.   The winner must check in with either FB page listed below to claim this prize.  If winner is unable to be contacted (because of privacy settings) then another winner will be announced on Friday, Feb. 28th.  So STAY TUNED and check back in!

Several ways to enter!   Please leave your name and comment in one or more of the following places: 

1. Like Beyond Words Designs FB page and comment on giveaway link.
2. Like Still Standing FB and comment on giveaway link.
3. Share this post on any social media and comment below.
4. Share this Giveaway on FB.

If you know of someone who needs this journal please use the code ‘StillStanding’ to receive a 15% discount off your order. 

Ordering Details can be found in the SHOP:   Gone Too Soon ~  A journal especially designed for Mothers who have lost a baby in early pregnancy”