(warning-feel free to skip this post if you are pregnant, a new mommy, or have recently suffered a loss)
No pictures to add tonight, but just a quick link to what I think is the most amazing, generous, and selfless organization that I’ve ever met. Dallas has a fairly solid group of photographers that volunteers with Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep. Through this organization families that have suffered a loss are paired with a photographer to capture their sweet baby in the way that no hospital snapshot can.
Photographers that volunteer offer their services free of charge, and while we have a great group, there seems to always be a family that we can’t help because the local coordinators are unable to find someone.
The Dallas group is in need of additional volunteers. A get-together has been planned for the last weekend in February, at my home, and anyone interested in joining this organization is invited to attend and learn more about what it is we do. Please contact me for more information.
And to the grieving parents of sweet Joe, lost today at 31 weeks, thank you for allowing me to be present during the longest, hardest hours of your life.
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Good post. *hug*
AH Jen, I’m so thankful to you and your work for this organization. It was the vehicle for our introduction and thankfully not the circumstances under which we finally actually met. I’m in tears remembering our first phone conversation when I still didn’t know if Audrey was going to make it or not. I so hope you can find more special people like yourself to grow the organization.
My thoughts to Joe’s family.
Love,
Jenn Miller
What an amazing idea and organization. Doesn’t surprise me at all that you’re involved in it. You are a cool chick, ms. weintraub!
Jen,
They are a completely awesome organization. Thank you for helping families capture that moment in their lives. I can never thank you enough for setting us up with Michelle Carr to take our photos that day. There is nothing in this world that I treasure more.
Thank you for the work that you do. You are truly an angel on earth.
~Carole