Hi Lea,
Thanks for the opportunity to share our photos. I have one very
special photo of me and Matthew taken very soon after birth which I
love and I would love to share it with you all. It's in black and
white. Because Matthew lived for only an hour, all the photos taken
of him alive were taken before we put his hat (and other clothes) on
(he was wrapped up in a blanket pretty quickly, but we took very few
photos in these previous minutes). I have a few friends who have been
happy to see these "raw" shots of him, which I am very grateful for.
He is my beautiful baby boy and I wish I could show him off to
everyone. My Dad has seen the pictures, but doesn't think it would be
helpful for my mum to see them. She's not really communicating with
me about her feelings or asking about mine, so it's up to me to bring
Matthew up and sometimes I feel like I am imposing on them or
something by talking about him. Anyway, that's for another time....
Love Vanessa


--- In as_ap@..., "Lea" <leannec72@...> wrote:
>
> This is a message for all members, but especially our newcomers.
>
> Please feel free to add as many photos of your family as you would
> like to your own album here, you are more than welcome to share
> photos of any special event in your lives, share keepsakes you have
> for your angels, resting place photos, pictures of your darling
> angel babies, belly photos, ultrasound images....the possibilities
> are endless.
>
> Part of the wonderful thing about groups like AS~AP is the
> friendships we form here, and I know for me, seeing each other's
> lives in photos makes me feel that little closer to each of you.
>
> So many of us don't have photos of the special souls who we had to
> say goodbye to due to Anencephaly that we feel confident to share
> with others, many of you may have no photos at all but only
> ultrasound images to show, here is a wonderful place for you to
cast
> aside reservations and show of the beautiful little people who
> touched your lives so much with those who will understand just how
> perfect these children are, were and will always be.
>
> Only recently I showed off a couple of photos of my precious boy to
> some friends who hadn't really seen the extent of Ben's condition
> before, they were so moved by them and thought he was just perfect
> which made me proud as punch!
>