Emilia's Wings

You Made Me Mom
2019-08-15 19:00 - 21:00, 2019-07-18 19:00 - 21:00, 2019-06-20 19:00 - 21:00, 2019-05-16 19:00 - 21:00, 2019-04-18 19:00 - 21:00, 2019-03-21 19:00 - 21:00, 2019-02-21 19:00 - 21:00, 2019-01-24 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | MO
An open invitation is extended to any woman who has lost a child due to miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death. You are welcome whether the loss occurred ten plus years ago or ten hours ago, and even if you have other living children, have no living children, are currently pregnant, or struggle with fertility. Email your respective city to rsvp and receive meeting address information.
city chapters email contact:
– kansas city, mo | amy@youmadememom.com
– milford, in | hannah@youmadememom.com – witchita, ks | nicole@youmadememom.com

Father's Day
2019-06-16
Honoring all the Dads this Father’s Day, Especially those missing their babies and children.

Mother's Day
2019-05-12
This Mother’s Day let us recognize ALL mothers.

The ones who nurture their children here on Earth.
The ones who carry some if not all of their children in their hearts
and the ones who yearn just to conceive a child.

Emilia's Wings turns TWO!
2019-05-07
Emilia’s Wings is turning TWO! That’s worth celebrating!
We appreciate all of the support that we have received from the community that has made our project placements possible.
Happy Second Birthday, Emilia’s Wings! May we have another successful year advocating for Pregnancy and Infant loss and supporting families and their sweet babies.

International Bereaved Mother's Day
2019-05-05
“Mother’s Day is a day of appreciation and respect. I can think of no Mothers who deserve it more, than those that had to give a child back.” Erma Bombeck

Mother’s Day is a day of the year that we come together to celebrate all mothers around the world. It’s a day that is intended to bring joy, recognition, love, and appreciation to these incredible women that do so much for humanity. However, if you have experienced the death of one or more of your babies or children (including adult children), struggle to conceive a child or are unable to fall pregnant at all, this day can often bring up feelings of isolation, unworthiness, pain, and sadness. Much of society has forgotten the true meaning of Mother’s Day and fails to support and recognize all true mothers.
THE HISTORY OF MOTHER’S DAY
American, Anna Jarvis, founded the official Mother’s Day in 1908 to honor her own mother, Ann. Ann Jarvis gave birth to around a dozen children. Only 4 survived to grow into adults. Most of her children who died passed away from diseases such as the measles and typhoid fever. The history of this Mother’s Day is fascinating. With such heartfelt and meaningful roots, it is devastating to see how through the years, the true meaning of mother’s day has been somewhat lost and is now what some would describe as a commercialized card company event that people make millions of dollars from. The worst thing is that bereaved mothers are usually completely forgotten.
Mother’s Day was created in honour of a bereaved mother so we believe it is time to take this day back to its roots. For us to educate the rest of society on the true meaning of Mother’s Day, we must use our voices. We become mothers the very moment that we open our hearts to the idea of conceiving a child. Let us remind people of this truth.
ABOUT INTERNATIONAL BEREAVED MOTHER’S DAY
In 2010, I felt drawn to create International Bereaved Mother’s Day to help heal hurting Mother Hearts. International Bereaved Mother’s Day is intended to be a temporary movement. It is a heart-centered attempt at healing the official Mother’s Day for all mothers. I believe that we can do this and that sometime in the near future there will be no need for this day at all because all true mothers will be recognized, loved, supported and celebrated. This year’s Mother Hearts Project is set to open peoples eyes as to what it is like to live as a bereaved mother.
Sunday, May 6th, 2018, get together with your closest friends and family and celebrate your beautiful Mother Heart. Celebrate your babies and children. Let’s speak about the true meaning of Mother’s Day. Let us start some healing conversations.

Unforgotten
2019-03-18, 2019-02-18, 2019-01-21
An open invitation is extended to mothers with living children who have lost a child through miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant death. You are welcome whether your loss happened many years ago, or you are still in the midst of new grief. Together we are navigating motherhood with children in heaven and here on earth.
https://www.unforgottensupport.com/meetings

Emilia's 2nd Birthday!
2019-03-15
Happy 2nd Birthday, Emilia Madeleine Rose Clough! We love you!

Finding Grace Together
2019-02-12 19:00 - 20:30
Our next support group for couple’s navigating loss of a child due to miscarriage or stillbirth. Bring your partner and get in the trenches with us.

New Years
2019-01-01
Happy New Years!

“We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.” – Edith Lovejoy Pierce

New Years Eve
2018-12-31
Happy New Years Eve!

As the sound of the tolling midnight bell, a brace new year will begin.
Let’s raise our hopes in a confidant toast, to the promise it ushers in.
May your battles be few, your pleasures many, your wishes and dreams fulfilled.
May your confidence stand in the face of loss and give you the strength to rebuild.
May peace of heart fill all your days, may serenity grace your soul.
May tranquil moments bless your life and keep your spirit whole.

Christmas
2018-12-25
Merry Christmas!

There’s a little place within my heart that is with me every day.
A place where all my memories are softly tucked away.
It is the perfect place in my grief for me to go,
for words could not explain how very much I miss you so.
And now that once again Christmas time has come around,
It’s where the sweetest memories and thoughts of you are found.

Christmas Eve
2018-12-24
Merry Christmas Eve!

Remember, Lord,
those who have died and gone before us marked with the sign of faith, especially those for whom we now pray. May these and all who sleep in Christ, find in Your Presence light, happiness, and peace. Through Christ our Lord.
Amen

You Made Me Mom
2018-12-20 19:00 - 21:00, 2018-11-15 19:00 - 21:00, 2018-10-18 19:00 - 21:00, 2018-09-20 19:00 - 21:00
An open invitation is extended to any woman who has lost a child due to miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death. You are welcome whether the loss occurred ten plus years ago or ten hours ago, and even if you have other living children, have no living children, are currently pregnant, or struggle with fertility. Email your respective city to rsvp and receive meeting address information.
city chapters email contact:
– kansas city, mo | amy@youmadememom.com
– milford, in | hannah@youmadememom.com

Thanksgiving
2018-11-22
Happy Thanksgiving!

“Dear God, we are here to express our gratitude for all your blessings. You have given us so much, not only providing what we need to live, but in giving us yourself. We are richly blessed, and it is right to acknowledge that you are the source of all good things. Yet this day also brings a mix of emotions to us. We confess our thanks, but also our sadness because of the empty place at our table. We know that death and sorrow were not your original plan, but we also know that you use difficulties to draw us closer to you and to each another. Here and now fill the empty places in our hearts and this empty place at our table. Teach us to savor the moments we have with one another, to rightly remember what we have lost, but also to look forward in hope to what we have promised in the future. We say again, ‘Your love is better than life.’ Thank you for all your blessings, for even through trials and loss you always, somehow reveal your goodness. In Jesus we pray.”

Halloween
2018-10-31
Happy Halloween!

“Let me be your jack-o’-lantern on All Hallows Eve, so I can light up your way!” Have a safe, spooky, and very Happy Halloween and for those with a missing trick-or-treater this Halloween – we hold you close in prayer

Wave of Light
2018-10-15 19:00 - 20:00
If everyone lights a candle at 7:00 pm and keeps it burning for at least one hour, there will be a continuous WAVE OF LIGHT over the entire world on October 15th, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day.

Our candle burns in honor of all the babies taken too soon, but particularly for Emilia Madeleine Rose Clough, our daughter born asleep on March 15, 2017.

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Day
2018-10-15
Robyn Bear, envisioned a day when all grieving parents could come together and be surrounded by love and support from their friends and families. A day where the community could better understand their pain and learn how to reach out those grieving. While our babies’ lives were so brief, they were also very meaningful. Yet, there was not a time to talk about them. Our society seemed to forget or perhaps, simply didn’t know how to reach out. Since October had been proclaimed “Awareness Month”, she chose a day, in the middle of the month to become, “Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day”. We are asking everyone in all time zones, worldwide, to join us in a candle lighting ceremony at 7pm on October 15th.

Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month
2018-10-01 00:00 - 2018-10-31 23:59
In October 1988, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed October as National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. “When a child loses his or her parent, they are called an orphan. When a spouse loses her or his partner, they are called a widow or widower. When parents lose their child, there isn’t a word to describe them. This month recognizes the loss so many parents experience across the United States and around the world. It is also meant to inform and provide resources for parents who have lost children due to miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, molar pregnancy, stillbirths, birth defects, SIDS, and other causes.”
