Can you picture this:

A Garden that Heals Aching Hearts and Bringing Solace after Devasting Loss.

Beyond the winding path, sheltered in a canopy of leafy trees, in a quiet, peaceful town resonating with birdsong and the strength and stronghold of ‘country’ lives an Angel Memorial Garden filled with Angel statues representing thousands of babies around the world conceived, but never born.

The large number of miscarriages (a term now applied to most pregnancy losses including womb twin loss, stillbirth and parents who have made the traumatic decision to terminate a pregnancy) has given rise to  the need for spaces like this because any pregnancy loss is hidden and complex. There is no evidence of the loss.  

Parents need an outlet for grief, and a way and express love for unborns. 

A memorial garden means we can be comforted by a space to share our grief with others on the same journey memorializing a baby who has not yet been blessed or acknowledged, a fact that hurts and keeps us trapped in our grief. 

Angels have been portrayed as magical and mystical fairy tale creatures which come to life through warm felt energy  and create a comforting image to support loss. Hundreds of parents put their trust in angels and  when experiencing a loss cry a communal prayer: “Please look after them,” “Please tell them how badly we wanted them, how greatly we miss them, how much it hurts never to have met, please, give us understanding. Please, guide the babies we lost. Please, silence the sound of loss”. 

People with access to a baby memorial garden in other countries say a memorial garden with statues to gaze at and pray to, for the Souls of the babies helps the healing process. In Japan statues are decorated by the family of children who never arrived in this world. The statues are a way of honoring the loss. Some people like to knit clothes for their statue and others simply place it in a garden as a memorial. On the backs of the statues are scrawled the names of the babies’ parents, happy to have a space to pay tribute to their baby and is symbolic of love for a baby who was never born. The statues serve as beautiful, tangible memorials for those grieving miscarriage, no matter what  your story is, or country you’re from. 

The vision is built upon you sending a personalized angel to be included into the memorial garden. It will need to have an identity and a place from where it is from, so people who wander through the huge collection of angels, can be amazed at how far they have travelled and what they represent.

Every year in March on the day of unborns a global ceremonial event is planned to honour unborns and bring comfort to our own journey's even if it is in cyber space, we can draw from feeling a presence and be uplifted and supported. 

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