There Will Be Rainbows

Mothers who have lost, Mothers parenting living siblings and wishing they could be in two places at once Mothers longing to be Mothers, Mothers who miss their Mother.

To each of you that have a piece of your heart missing. I hope today you have had a gentle day. Please know how held and how loved you are. We are a broken group, but with all our little pieces, we sure make up something special.

Sending Rainbows....Dee 🌈🐞🌻

Today, on International Bereaved Mothers Day, we take time to recognise all of the Mothers who do not have their child or children in their arms next Sunday 🌈

Next Sunday, I will wake up to celebrate Mothers Day. Two of my children will be there, excited to celebrate me. They are beautiful and want to make me feel special. There is just one problem. When I wake, I see two children. One is missing. Every day, one of my babies is missing. But, this day, "Mothers Day," all the focus is on me. A whole day about me. A whole day about being a Mum. A whole day that I am reminded that my Archie is not here.

Today I will allow myself a day to feel. I will allow myself the space and grace to be a "Bereaved Mummy," and I won't feel guilty about being sad.

Mummas, I hope that today you will take time for yourself and allow yourself to grieve. But I hope that between the pain, there will be some moments to reflect and smile. Whatever you are doing, please be gentle on yourself and remember that you have an amazing community around you that is here for you as a support and a bubble of love and understanding 🥹

Sending you so many rainbows and an extra big virtual hug...Dee 🌈🐞🌻

Archie-David Jude ✨️🌈🐞🌻✨️

Today is Say Their Name Day. A day created by to raise awareness of all forms of pregnancy, baby and child loss, and support for bereaved families 🧡

Archies name echo's through our home every.single.day. That is the way it has always been, and will always be. I am so grateful for the people that continue to say Archies name, talk about him, ask about him, and share Archie moments with me. Thankyou for keeping my boy alive ✨️

To my beautiful friends in the baby loss community, thankyou for sharing your babies with me. To me, they are all Archies friends, and they, aswell as you, hold a huge space in my heart 🫶🏽

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I am extremely lucky to be surrounded by the most amazing women in the world ✨

From the little ladies, to the adult women, each one of them, in their own way, strengthens me, lifts me and inspires me. Each one of them adds a little bit of magic to this world and that magic makes the world we live in a better place to be.

I continue to be blown away by my fellow loss Mums. They are the women that battle through each day, sometimes finding it hard to simply take a breath, but they still step up and do what has to be done. So many of them are making huge impacts to this world in the names of their beautiful babies and children. Women that have been so broken, yet they try their best to make this world a little less broken for others. Those women and the women that raise them up and support them.....they are my heroes 🩷

So on this International Women's Day, let us be the women we want to see. Let us give eachother the support and the strength that we need to make this happen. Let us add our little bit of magic to the world so that it is full of all the most beautiful pieces of each and every one of us 🥰

Happy International Women's Day # # #

And today you turn 16....

My Arch, Archie man, my sunshine, orange ladybeetle, naughty middle child, love of my life, third of my heart, soul mate.....my littlest boy. How are you 16 today?

You came into this world on Wednesday the 17th of February 2010 at 5:03pm. Like your life to come, you were surrounded by a "team". I think it became something you just expected. I felt a little bit like a Greys Anatomy actress, with many people staring at me from inside the room and behind a watching glass. All of them waiting with baited breath to see how the next few minutes would unfold.

They did not know if you would be born alive, or survive the birth. But, in true Archie form, you greeted your large audience with a big, beautiful cry. That cry made me so proud. I knew you would be fine, I knew you would be brilliant, but I never knew the extent to which you would shine a light through so many lives.

This has been a really crappy one. People don't realise that it really does get harder. There are so many set milestones in the teenage years. Today I should have taken you to get your L's. I will never have that picture of you holding those plates in front of service Australia. You won't get to see the terrified look on my face as I hold tightly to the door and press the invisible brake with my foot. I just hope that Pops has taken you to get your L's today. It is actually a little scary that he is the one teaching you to drive.

However you are celebrating today, I know you are surrounded by so much love, alot of nonsense and a whole lot of cuddles....I just wish they could be from me.

Happy 16th Birthday my little man. Mummy loves you too much and misses you more 🌈🚗🌻🐞🫶🏽🧁🧡

"Because I knew you, I have been changed...for good"

My perfectly broken little man 🐞

Today it is 15 years since I rocked your warm little body to sleep.

15 years since I held your special little foot while you snuggled into my shoulder.

15 years since I saw those beautiful big brown eyes looking up at me. Those eyes. Your eyes were everything. Full of love and the knowledge of a soul that had been here many, many times before.

People were drawn in by your light. I can not even say how many times I was stopped by a stranger because they just had to be in your presence. That started when I was pregnant with you and continued through the 11 and a half months you were here in body.

Your light continues to shine. You continue to draw people in, only now it is through me. You are beyond anything that can be said using just words. You are everything and you are everywhere.

Everything continues to move and so much is changing. My heart is always broken, and as time goes on, it seems to get harder. But I move forward because of the strength you give me.

You are my sparkle. You are my magic. I faught for you every day from the moment I carried you and when you had to leave your beautiful little body, you gave me that fight back. You knew I would need it to get through this life without holding your little hands in mine.

I miss you too much and I love you more, my Archie man. Today and every day.

Love your perfectly broken little Mummy 🌈🐞🫶🏽🥹

On this day 15 years ago, I walked up the stairs of Bear Cottage with my Mum and my boy. Archie wasn't even close to being as unwell as he often was. But, despite that, something in me knew, this time when we left Bear Cottage, it would be without my boy in my arms.

Today starts a two and a half week emotional roller coaster to the day that Archie goes to the rainbow, followed by another two and a half week roller coaster to his birthday.

I can feel it in my body. My emotions are hightened. I'm in fight or flight mode. I am right back in that moment 15 years ago as well as living in this moment with the anticipation anxiety of the next 5 weeks.

The anticipation of his anniversary and birthday is always the worst. It is usually much worse than the actually days themselves. It is draining. Draining on all aspects of the body and soul. And this year as we approach Archies 16th Birthday and, what should be him stepping into year 10 at school, I am even more anxious of how this rollercoaster is going to pan out.

So today, I am taking a much needed rest day.

✨️Bed ✅️
✨️Bacio Bear ✅️ (Bacio Bear is a teddy filled with Archie's ashes. I have slept with him every night for the last 15 years and he travels with us whenever we are away from home. When I haven't been able to take him overseas, he gets Bear-sat 🥰)
✨️Weighted blanket ✅️
✨️Aussie Open ✅️ (Arch and I spent lots of time watching tennis together. Up until that very last day. It is a hug for my soul)
✨️Mama Odie 🐈‍⬛✅️
✨️Sunflower lego✅️ Thankyou Aries Mum 🫶🏽 This is just what I need today 😘

Usually I would be stressing about how much work I need to do and what housework needs to be caught up on. But, right now, I am not even feeling an ounce of guilt. I'm so tired. This is just what is needed.

Now, if can win tonight, that would add a nice little bit of sparkle to tomorrow when this Mumma needs to step up, run a business and adult again ❤️🤍

Here's to the next 5 weeks ✌🏽🎢🐞🌈🌻🧡

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