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Author: Charmel Clough

Charmel Clough is a Kansas City, Missouri transplant loving life in the City of Fountains. Charmel enjoys spending time with her husband Dan and daughters, Adelaide and Roselyn. She found purpose in life when her middle daughter, Emilia, was born asleep at just 33 weeks gestation. Charmel now dedicates her life to giving back to the infant loss community through her family's charitable nonprofit, Emilia's Wings.
KC Hope

Microchimerism


The belief that a child is always a part of you is quite literally at the cellular level in a mother’s body tissue.   “As early as the second week of pregnancy, there is a two-way flow of cells and DNA between the fetus and the mother. Cells containing DNA…
Posted on January 31, 2023February 1, 2023 by Charmel Clough by Charmel Clough
Newsletter

Presidential Bereavement from Years Past


Bereaved Presidents Did you know that twenty-six of our 45 presidents and their wives were or are bereaved parents to at least one of their children? Our sixteenth president, Abraham Lincoln, lost two sons during his lifetime.  Edward (4 years old) and William (11 years old), while President Lincoln was…
Posted on January 29, 2023February 1, 2023 by Charmel Clough by Charmel Clough
Pregnancy After Loss

One Year Later…


[caption id="attachment_5696" align="alignnone" width="1280"] Left: Owen's Pregnancy Announcement, Aug. 2021 - Right: The Clough Family, Aug. 2022[/caption]   It's incredible to look back on just a short amount of time and see where life can bring you.  A year ago my husband and I had just learned that new life…
Posted on August 30, 2022 by Charmel Clough by Charmel Clough
Uncategorized

Her First Day Of Kindergarten


  Her first day of Kindergarten... a day that will never come.  Today I should be doting on her - in dismay over how little she no longer is, but also so proud of the big girl she is growing up to be.  Today I should be tearing up as…
Posted on August 22, 2022February 1, 2023 by Charmel Clough by Charmel Clough
Miscarriage

To the couple who just learned they lost their baby


To the couple who just learned they lost their baby. I see you… I see you making your way, as quickly as you can, out of the doctor’s office and into the elevator - safe from peering eyes. I see you, mom, eyes red and puffy… trying so hard to…
Posted on April 14, 2022 by Charmel Clough by Charmel Clough
Birthdays in Heaven

Happy 5th Birthday, Emilia!


  Today we celebrate Emilia's 5th Birthday! Five years!! It doesn't seem possible.  It feels like yesterday I was cradling her in my arms, savoring each moment, knowing they would soon be my last. I miss her so much! Time passes, the world keeps spinning, life brings changes - but…
Posted on March 15, 2022March 15, 2022 by Charmel Clough by Charmel Clough
Pregnancy After Loss

It’s A BOY!!


He is here! And he is happy and healthy!! I am so proud and excited to announce the birth of my first son, Owen! He was born on February 23rd at 37 weeks gestation.  Him and I are both doing great! Owen is such a sweet little boy! He is…
Posted on March 9, 2022March 10, 2022 by Charmel Clough by Charmel Clough
Pregnancy After Loss

The Eve of my Baby’s Birth


Wow! I've almost made it! 24 hours from right this very moment I will be wheeled into recovery and holding my newborn baby boy for the very first time! I have so many emotions right now... happy, excited, READY, and kind of in shock that we made it to the…
Posted on February 22, 2022March 10, 2022 by Charmel Clough by Charmel Clough
Pregnancy After Loss

1 Week… 7 Days… 168 hours… 10,080 minutes… 604,800 seconds


1 Week... 7 Days... 168 hours... 10,080 minutes... 604,800 seconds... stand between me and meeting my son! To say I am excited is a complete understatement! I look back over the months and it amazes me the journey that my husband and I have experienced these past eight months.  All…
Posted on February 16, 2022February 16, 2022 by Charmel Clough by Charmel Clough
Pregnancy After Loss

33 Weeks…


It's been a tough week... This week marked the gestational point of when we lost Emilia.  33 weeks.  There are a lot of feelings that accompany the point in which you past the death of your previous baby.  First and foremost, I am relieved.  I do know that this doesn't…
Posted on January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 by Charmel Clough by Charmel Clough

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