Wave of Polish - last pregnancy and infant loss mani

It's the last Tuesday of the month so it's the last wave of polish - Pregnancy and Infant Loss mani I will do for the year. I hope that the wave of polish will make a comeback next year to continue to raise awareness and to allow parents to share their story. I have shared very little here about my own experiences, it's nail blog, but losing our Princess Grace is also a large part of who I am, the person behind the nails. So I want to share you my precious baby girl's foot and hand prints and a poem I wrote for her. We miss her every single day, time builds scar tissue around the wound but the wound is at times knocked again and the enormity of what we lost washes over us.

Little Fingers

Those little fingers that prodded and poked

will never be mine to hold

never for me to be wrapped around

never to turn the pages as stories are told.

The little eyes I never saw opened

will never hold mine in a stare

will never sparkle with laughter

will never show what the soul bears.

The little lips that I gazed upon

never to be pursed for a kiss

will never know a smile

while mine talk of what I miss.

The teeny little feet

never to run away from me

will never feel sand, water or grass

or play five little piggys with glee.

The photos that I'm left with

share these joys of you with me

but they also show me just so much

of what can never nor will ever be.

Written by Grace's Mummy 2007

The polishes used are OPI - Mod About You and Cate Ruby Sky.

Remember to hugs your loved ones tight, Tx