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Love, Mom: A Mother's Journey From Loss to Hope by Cynthia Baseman
My heart aches for you! Thank you for writing this. I will be securing my daughter's furniture this week! I have also shared it on FB and with a mommy group I am in. I am so glad to hear that! I am so heartbroken for you!! She was absolutely beautiful. I am considered paranoid by everyone because I anchor the furniture, use the rear facing car seat as long as possible, etc. Why is making things the safest possible for your children comes across as paranoid I will never understand. We have all big furniture, all TV's and all the furniture in both boy's rooms anchored. I do not understand friends and family.
Ours would also be the type not to share or anchor furniture themselves. We started a fundraiser for both our autistic boys for help paying for therapies health insurance does not cover autism like speech and ABA and help for rent as our house is in foreclosure and not a single family member or friend except for one has shared our fundraiser, contacted us, asked how we are doing when we have seen them over the holidays, etc. Guess they all want to pretend they never received the email. It is so odd.
So I sort of understand your thinking with your situation. I will be sharing your story! Much love to you and yours! You will be in my thoughts for a long while I am betting. I came here through a friend's FB post.
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I cried through your entire post. The only furniture in our house that isn't secured is their dressers. Needless to say, it will be done this week. If so, I would like to talk to you about making a donation. Please contact me at CandyCain wedeliverwellness. God bless you and your family. Last year there was a story of a little girl who recovered from a brain injury after pulling her dresser over onto herself.
My neighbor came over the day I read her story and bolted our 7' bookcase to our wall for me.
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If I remember right it was just some kind of strap and some long screws into the stud. We've tested our children's dressers and felt confident about them, but the fact is that it's not worth it. I will have my husband bolt their dressers tomorrow. This is heart wrenching. I am so sorry for the loss of your precious daughter. In her memory, I will make sure that all furniture is secure in my home. May the Lord keep and bless her. It never ever crossed my mind to secure the dressers. Thank you for sharing your story and saving lives in the process. I will be securing the furniture in my house tomorrow.
My heart is literally aching for you right now, as a mom to an 8, 4, and 7 month old, though this is hard for me to even say because the reason is so tragic, Thank You for sharing your story. I will be anchoring everything. God Bless you and your family.
I will be securing a few bookshelves around our home and have shared this link with a mom's group that I'm a part of. Thank you for using your story to teach others. And you write beautifully by the way I think a book could definitely be amazing, and what an amazing legacy you'd leave in her honor. Dear Kim, We lost our daughter this year due to complications of prematurity. She was a twin and her twin brother is now 9 months old. We have been waiting to secure the furniture until he is more mobile. After reading your story we will be bolting everything ASAP. Knowing the pain of loosing a child is bad enough, we won't take the risk.
Firstly, I would like to tell you how sorry I am for your loss. As a mother I can not even fathom the death of my son. You are a remarkable and brave woman for sharing your story. If there can be any solice in this, please know that your daughter's death was not in vain. By telling your story you have saved the lives and prevented the injuries of countless children.
It's sad that it takes a tragedy like yours to make people realize how important child safety is, but the message is getting out and that's what is important. Thank you so much for sharing. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers. I'm sure your daughter is looking down, beaming with pride for her mommy. Our lb tv fell on my daughter at 2. I came here from a FB link. I didn't know why it demanded moms of little ones to come here, but I came. My kids are all older, my youngest being I sincerely believe it was your story that finally got our china cabinet secured to the wall many years ago.
Our kids' dressers always were. It was very hard to read your story as you partially blamed yourself. I kept wanting to tell you no. Thank you for sharing, and may God watch over you and your family, and help you all with your loss. When my son was 2 he was playing at his grandparents house and pulled the un-anchored fireplace mantel over on himself. He was life flighted to a Childrens Hospital about an hour and a half from where we live.
They lost him twice on life flight and he was in the NICU on life support for 6 days. He now has a plate that covers the frontal lobe of his brain. Securing furniture is something I don't think a lot of people think about I sure as hell never thought anything about it until 3 years ago when I got a phone call from my father in law that I will never forget.
I have shared your story on my fb page and will pray for your family. May God bless all you and your family. I think that you all have amazing strength to take such a tragedy and turn it into something that may very well save more lives than you'll ever know. I know that Meghan is looking down and smiling and sending you hearts in the clouds and watching over you all. I will pass on your story, and thank you for sharing your heart wrenching story with the world.
There but for the grace of God go I I will pass this on. Thank you for sharing Meghan's story and by openly sharing your pain. I am truly sorry for the loss of your daughter. I have a three year old, and her dresser is getting anchored tomorrow morning. Im so sorry for your loss. I cant imagine what i would do if that happened to my daughter. Worst part is, ive caught her climbing it. Its going to be secured every which way to her wall now.
Kimberly, As with all the other posts, I am also sitting here with tears pouring down my face. When we got into the room, the entire entertainment center was on top of him along with the lb TV set that was in there. I was 6 months pregnant and used everything I had in me to lift that off of him as it was laying right at his neck. I just remember him crying and thanking god that he was doing so because it could have killed him instantly. My other son was was throwing up in the next room and the only thing that I saw was wrong was that his arm was severly broken.
I to relive that day like it was this morning and just think that it could have been so much worse. The minute we got home from the hospital, the entertainment center was broken into a hundred pieces, the tv was thrown away and we got latches to secure every piece of furniture in the house. Bless you a thousand times over for this post to let people know that just because we grew up with nothing like these horrible things happening does not mean that it does not happen.
I don't have enough words to say how sorry I am for your loss. I am sharing her story.
And making my husband anchor all furniture in our house ASAP. Love and prayers to you and your family.
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I am bawling while I write this and am so incredibly sorry for your loss. I will go out in the morning and get everything I need to secure all our furniture to the walls. Having a 3 year old and 1 year old myself I can tell you that your story is helping one this family make our house a safer place for my boys. My heart is absolutely broken for you and your family. We bought the anchors and just haven't installed them out of forgetfulness. I'll be setting them all up tomorrow. I cried my eyes out while reading your story and had to stop multiple times to clear my eyes enough to continue reading.
I can't imagine the amount of pain and I wish there was something I could do to bring her back for you. What I can do is promise to secure all furniture in my house when I have children which is hopefully in the next few years. I've also shared this on my Facebook and tagged quite a few of the parents I know, to spread the word as much as possible. I'm sending my love and prayers your way. I'll pray that my Grandmother Ruth also flies by to say hello to Gram and Meggie.
So sorry to hear about your tragic loss. I have an 18 month old boy and twins on the way. I would have never thought about anchoring his dresser, but I will get on that immediately. You are very brave to share your story like this, but I think you make a great impact on a lot of people. I hope that the countless lives you have saved help to alleviate some of your pain. It will never bring your daughter back, but it will spare many families from experiencing your grief. God Bless you and your family, and may you never experience pain like this again. Meggie is very very proud of you.
I came across this page on fb, one of my friends shared it. I was crying uncontrollably as I read your story First I want to say thank you for sharing your daughters story she is very beautiful by the way. I have a 4 yr old daughter and a 12 wk old son. I never thought about something like that happening. I WILL be going to walmart tomorrow to get the hardware to secure all large furniture to the wall. I am sure that you and Meggie have saved many, many lives! I will be sharing your story and telling everyone I know to anchor their futniture.
I know there is nothing I can say to comfort you. I can not imagine what you are going through and the pain you have to re-live every day. All I can say is God needed another beautiful angel that day.
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I am and will be praying for you and your family We had got rid of the kids tvs and their dressers a few years ago but have recently bought new dressers. Today hubby will be bolting them to the wall and the bookcase. Honestly I think this page may have just saved my daughters life. You see my daughter is currently 2. We are a military family and in the middle of a move so we have government furniture - ours is off in shipping land.
All I could think is thank god that is a heavy piece of furniture and it didn't tip. The moment I read this article I removed the dresser from her room and locked it in our bedroom as I can't secure it it's not ours. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I didn't think it could happen, but after reading your story I won't risk it. It's not worth it. My family is sending you all of our love and prayers from across the ocean in Okinawa Japan.
You can sure as heck bet that as soon as we're in our next home we'll be at the hardware store making it safe. Thank you for sharing your story, it's incredibly brave and know that what you're doing matters. Love and Prayers xxx. We love you guys I am so very sorry for the loss of your sweet girl. Thank you for telling your story so that others may remember her and also make changes in their own homes for the safety of their children. I have 2 boys.
My oldest,8, was never a climber but I did the safety things everywhere. I showed him this after a friend posted it on fb. He is at 8: He also wants to figure a way to get our corner TV hooked to the wall. Thank you for in your pain my husband knows it CAN happen! I am so sorry for the loss of your beautiful daughter.
I am securing the furniture in my home today and I've shared your story in hopes that everyone I know will do the same.
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I have small kids and most of our furniture and TVs are already secured, but I will be reviewing today to make sure everything is really good. I was referred here by Facebook and I have re-posted encouraging my friends to also secure their furniture. You are making a difference and I'm sure it is saving lives. I will be anchoring all our furniture. We have mounted our tvs for this reason. My son is 14months old and nearly pulled our tv onto himself.
He is starting to try to climb on furniture. I never thought he could pull a dresser onto him until reading this. I am having both of my sister in laws do the same in their homes. Thank you for sharing and my heart breaks for you. Please do not blame yourself but its not my place to tell you how to mourn. This story just really hit home for me. I have a son who will be 6 months old in 2 days, and he has just started to become mobile.
I will be sharing this. I was made aware of your story through a Mom's group on Facebook. Words can not express how very sorry I am for your loss. I will like your page and share all this information. Sending you comforting hugs and prayers This was part of my story on October 5th As I read your words I just relived my son's accident. As I was down stairs I heard a bang and ran upstairs. A serge of adrenaline came over me and I was able to lift the dresser and TV off of him. It was touch and go for a couple of days. I am one of the parents you mentioned that this accident happens and the child survives.
I still feel so much guilt over that day. I remind people all the time to anchor all furniture. But I will now share this link as well. Thank you for this post. I reposted to my facebook and have already had many moms respond. We are all having a Secure the Furniture day this weekend. Really, I cannot thank you enough for making us more aware. As i am sitting here with years streaming down my face and watching my DD sleep oh so peacefully and my preschool DS playing rambunctiously mere inches from or wall unit I am thankful to you for sharing your story and oh so sorry for your loss..
This broke my heart to read and I'm filled with so much love for your family right now, and I don't even know you! I'm so sorry you had to go through this, there really are no words, even after all this time. I am sharing your story on my blogs Facebook Fan page in hopes it will touch someone who needs this message.
Thank you for sharing your story, Meggie's story. All of the big furniture we have in our home that we can secure is attached to the wall, but it doesn't stop there! After it's secured to the wall, periodically you have to check it to make sure it's not pulling from the wall. A few weeks ago we had a large shelf in our basement give way and all of the boxes fell into a mess on the floor.
Right under that mess was the futon some friends of mine slept on while they stayed with us. Never assume it is secure because you remember attaching it a year or more ago, check it. Make sure it is still secure. Kim - thank you for sharing your story and my heart aches for you! You are absolutely right that most would think the dresser would be taller, bigger, or scarey looking.
But there it sits, looking as innocent as a little girl's dresser should. It is amazing that I had the same thoughts about my step-daughter's own dresser. It is small and short, how could it ever tip over!? She is still smaller and shorter and it is not a risk I'm willing to take!
As painful as your memories of that day are I hope the memories of Meghan bring more smiles than tears. She is proud of all you have done, that much I am sure of You have turned the worst thing a mommy can endure into a campaign for others! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for that! Hugs and love to your entire family this holiday season and again, thank you so very much! I don't know if you actually get around to reading everyone's post but I could not finish reading your entry, not because of any one particular thing, except the tears that fill my eyes and the longing in my heart.
You see on September 13, , my sweet little angel Payton died from a small dresser falling on her. She turned one on August 15, along with her twin brother. She was not getting up in the morning, but from a nap that afternoon. It was a Saturday I too will never forget. My then 2 year old daughter came downstairs to tell me that PayPay was stuck. When I walked in the room and that dresser was on top of my sweet girl my heart just about stopped. I ran for the phone, called , and started CPR.
Parker, her twin, sat at her head playing unaware of what was happening. My 2 year old just kinda left mommy to deal with the emergency. See my husband was out of town, out of state, to see a college football game. As soon as EMS arrived, I had to call him and tell him to come home that our baby was dead, I had to call my mom who lived out of state but thankfully only 4.
I rode in the ambulance with my baby to the hospital, leaving my other 2 children with neighbors and my husbands mother. I was afraid, alone, and consumed with an enormous amount of guilt and grief. It is something I never want any parent to experience. I understand your words, your thoughts, and your pain all to well! I'm sorry for you. My heart goes out and will pray for you and your family. Each day, month, and year pass, but her memory is such a special one.
I see her twin brother every day and I'm reminded of the blessings God has given Love and hugs from one mom to another!! Hello, thank you for writing this. I will be sharing this for sure. I went to get him from his nap and he was in his bed lifeless. Their hasn't been any real reason to why he passed. They call it SUDC sudden unexplained death in children.
I know what you are going through. However I feel empty because I have nothing to blame for his death. We do not know why he died. He was not sick or anything ha was perfectly healthy child. I do truly believe in heaven and know that are sweet children are in the best care possible. I joke with people and say that I don't even have to pay for his care. Your situation is similar but different for sure. My husband had to hear my cry for him when I found our Tristen in bed.
I knew too that he already was in heaven. Their was nothing we could do. But the EMTs tried and the hospital tried everything in their power. Thank you truly for sharing your story it is comforting to know that their are others who share in the grief but it sucks to even think that people do lose their children. I guess ultimately we know that we our children of God and we belong to Him. I just trust and try to lean on the idea that God is bigger and he always has a plan. Again thank you for being bold and courageous and sharing this.
I will be making sure we secure our dressers and most furniture. I have been a nanny for approximately 10 years, and consider myself the "Furniture Nazi". I am relentlessly and compulsively "ordering" the parents to secure their furniture, even if it's in the mud room and they think it poses no risk. Most are diligent and already do so, but I am of the mindset of leave no stone unturned. Doesn't matter how heavy or light, what you think your child will be interested in or not.
I remember when I was a little girl, a story was relayed to me of my uncle in the s climbing into their refrigerator, it tipped over and broke his leg. He was lucky to survive. God bless little Meggie, you and your family. It is evident that she had the best, loving family in her short years here and she will cherish all of you in Heaven until you meet again. I have 3 children, I will anchor my dressers My heart breaks for you and I can not even fathom you grief. Oh my heart breaks for you, Kim. Your post was so real and raw, and I appreciated every single word you wrote. I almost feel like I shouldn't respond because I have both of my children.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for sending this message about your precious Meggie. I showed her picture to my five year old daughter, and she said, "Oh Mommy, she is beautiful! Thank you so much for your story, and I will pray that you find comfort during this time of year. You have helped me to get up and secure anything I can think off!! I'm sorry for your loss! God bless you guys!! There are not words I can say to ease the pain you must feel. I will tell you though, this story has changed my life. I have 1 year old triplets and with our next paycheck we will buy and secure every piece of furniture in their room and the rooms they go in.
Thank you so much for sharing, although I know it must be so very painful each time you relive that day. Praying for you and your family. I have 3 kids under 5 years old and just hadn't done it yet I'm so very sorry you've had to go through this and thank you for sharing your story. My heart is breaking along with yours and everyone else who has read this or been touched by sweet Meggie's story. I am sharing with everyone I know and literally going out to get hardware to secure our dressers and tv today. Thank you so much for sharing!
My heart is aching for you right now as tears run down my face I have secured her book shelf but never thought to do it to her dresser, nor the T. I will be doing that now thanks to you. Prayers are being sent to you and your family. I will be sharing this information with others, that is the very least that I can do. I wish no mother, including you, had to feel this type of pain. As mother's we do what we can to protect our children,however; there are some things we can not protect them from.
This is not one of those things, this is something small I can do that could have a huge impact. Thank you again for your story! When my daughter was 3, she climbed the dresser in our room which held a large TV, because we're too cheap to replace a working TV with a flat screen, and that of course made the dresser top heavy and it was on carpet on top of that, missing the bottom part that kinda makes them less likely to tip, basically, a disaster waiting to happen, and of course not anchored.
If things were just a little different.. We have since Anchored everything to the walls.. I'm soooo sorry for your loss, and there's nothing I can say to make it better, but I wanted to let you know, I'm sharing this on my fb page, so everyone else will think about their unsecured furniture and do something about it. I am sorry for your tragic loss. I will be securing TVs and heavy furniture. My prayers are with you. I sob from the depths of my soul as I feel your pain so eloquently poured out here. My just turned 4 year old gets up early.
I like to sleep in. The dresser is not anchored It will be today. Nothing can take away your pain. However, I am so grateful to you for sharing your words with all of us. Your time and energy will save lives. God bless you and may He find a way to continue to wrap you in his arms and hold you tight through this nightmare.
I am so sorry. The nation learned this month that we cannot protect our children from everything, that tragedy can strike anywhere. But your story reminds us that we can do everything to protect our children from some things. If sharing your story saves even one child but hopefully all then it is worth it. I'm sure your little Meggie is very proud of her momma right now.
May she ever smile down on you and your family. The death of a child is a horrible pain no one should have to endure, yet many do and in silence. I lost my son, stillborn at 40 weeks. I never got to hold my Mason while he was living. I share our story also, so that others may prevent what happened to us from happening to them which was preventable had we known about his umbilical cord defect.
I never thought about securing my furniture before reading this and will do so now I also have 5 nephews, 5 and under one is on the way, due in February. Thank you for helping us prevent another tragic loss. I know the pain of losing a child and don't care to survive it again. I am so so sorry for your loss, no parent should have to feel this pain.
I wept as I read each word you wrote, so well written that I felt it to my core. This never occured to me either until now, but I will be securing my daughter's furniture today also - rest assured that your daughter's story has already prevented this from happening to others countless times, and one more time after today. I have shared this with everyone I know, parents or not so that your daughter's memory can be honoured further by saving more people from this tragedy My son is 3 years old. Through your vivid writing I can imagine your pain. I feel pain and hurt for you.
And so I ask you I'm off to Google it now I am so very sorry for the loss of your beautiful little girl. I lost my son almost two years ago. I know that as a mother you want to just kiss everything and make it better and sometimes, we just can't. This was not your fault. You could not have known it would happen. How many times do we all think "it can wait" and usually, those things can wait.
You did not cause this. I blamed myself for a long time too and I still feel like I could have prevented it, but it wasn't anything I could have known about. I am so very sorry and I feel your pain. I still find myself asking why? I will definitely share this. I can feel your pain so deeply in this short story. I am crying with you for your daughter.
Talk to God and ask him for his guidance. You need the heavenly father to walk beside you now, and know that he has your daughter's hand now in his. Let him take this pain from you. Seek him hard, and your pain will subside. He will never let you forget her, but learn to live without the pain that you carry inside of you.
Thank you for this! You may have saved many lives because of your story. I came through a friends facebook link and am sitting at work sobbing. I cannot imagine the pain. I have a 3 year old and a 7 month old. I'll be bracketing their dressers to the wall when I get home from work today. Of course I am weeping over your story that you are so brave and selfless to share. I have a 3yr old son. We are excited about getting him his first "big boy" set of furniture that will include dressers. I feel foolish but admit I had not considered the dangers.
THANK you a thousand times for helping me make my sons safe. God bless you and your family! Rest assured that I read this from a FB posting and will post on my page, too, so that it keeps going around. I could barely get through your words, my eyes were swimming in tears the whole time. I'm a "nana" and have been lucky that my child is now an adult, married with his own children. I pray that they are kept safe from accidents, too. May God bless you and your family and keep Meggie enveloped in His love until you reunite.
My heart breaks that you had to write this in the first place, but thank you for spreading this word. We have a 2 year old and one on the way and since our son is not a climber, we never thought about this. He's getting bigger and stronger every day and reading this has reminded me of the responsibility I have to keep him safe. Bless you and your family. I can't imagine the pain you've been through. Thank you for sharing your life with us. I always tell them that things can fall. As a parent of "older" young children, I'm sometimes careless and feel that they are able to handle many things.
I'll be securing everything taller than them within the next few days. I read your story,a friend had posted on Facebook. I am so sorry,I am crying still even after I read this. Your baby girl will always be with you,even though it is in spirit. Thank you for sharing your story with all of us. You and your family will always be in my thoughts and prayers. About 15 years ago some friends were cleaning their church while their little girl 4 or 5 yrs old was playing around.
There was a puppet theater at the front of the church. She pulled it over on herself and it killed her, right there in the church. The parents were of course in the same room with her and they still attend that church. I don't know how they have handled it as I don't think I could still go there. Of course there has never been another puppet show. Your story was on fb and that is how I came to read it today.
Someone had shared it. I can only imagine the loss you feel and will feel for the rest of your life. May God help you through each day. Life is so unfair! Peace comes to me knowing that heaven is such a better place than our world and you will be reunited! I pray for your heartache and will definitely be securing every last bit of furniture in my home! I have just ordered a pack of furniture safety straps from Amazon. I also want to thank you for posting Meghan's story. I cried tears while reading about your little angel and went on to hug my two children tightly.
I'm heartbroken for you. I just bought some furniture anchors on Amazon. Because I don't want to wait another day. I know we can't protect our children from everything, but this is something we CAN do. Thank you--I will share this post on my fb page in the hopes that at least one more tragedy can be prevented. Kim, I found your blog thanks to a link someone posted on Facebook. My name, too, is Kim, and my daughter's name is also Meghan. Spelled the same way She is 12 and looked so much like your Meghan did at 2. I have another daughter who just turned two and I have asked my husband to pick up anchors on his way home from work.
Thank you for sharing your story and you will be in my prayers. This comment has been removed by the author. A friend posted this link in our local parenting group's Facebook page. I was moved to tears by your story. I can not even imagine the pain you are going through. I know there is nothing I can say that will help you feel better but I will be praying for you to have peace, healing, and comfort. My husband is anchoring all of our dressers and book cases to the wall tomorrow.
I am sharing your story on my Facebook page and a page I have for my blog as well as any groups I am a part of and will probably blog about it as well. I will share your story and this information with anyone I know. After reading your story, I held my boys extra tight and told them how much I love them and that I am so happy and thankful to have my two little boys.
One of my New Year's Resolutions will be to rejoice in them each and every day: My heart breaks for you and every other parent who can no longer do this with their child. You are very strong and brave and I am sure Meggie is very proud of you for helping save other babies' lives! I am so sorry your story really touched my heart. I will be securing everything in my house. Thank you for the awareness and may God bless u and be with you!
My heart breaks for you. I cannot ever begin to imagine the pain that you feel with losing her. You are so brave, and you are such a wonderful, loving mom. I do want you to know that although I don't know you, I know that you are not at fault for this death. It was not selfish to sleep in those things are blessings!!
Neither of those things were your fault. I know that you probably won't believe me, but it is true. You are not to blame. I deeply pray that one day you will feel a peace about those things, as impossible as they seem to be. My heart is with you in this pain, as so many others are. Thank you for sharing your story with us. I have a 2 year old daughter and all I could think about the whole time reading this was I had to stop reading and finish later because I couldn't see to read, my eyes were so foggy from crying.
My heart hurts for you. I couldn't imagine what hell you've been through in the last eight years. Meggie looks so beautiful in the pictures you shared. Thank you for getting the awareness out there for securing furniture. A lot of people don't do things like that because you never think it'll happen to you I am so sorry for your loss and I pray that you find more and more peace as each day passes. I can't keep the tears from my eyes. I just want to say "thank you" for sharing you story.
I have boy's that are 33,30 and 25 and a 16 year old daughter. I will tomorrow if anything is open, since it is New Year's Day buy things to bolt mine and my son's dressers and anything else that needs it to the wall. I have a 6 year old granddaughter and my daughter in law is due in April with my granddaughters little sister. I make that promise to you!!! Thank you again for sharing your heart breaking story.
I will pray that you have peace one day. I can't even stop crying as I write this to you. Your Meggie is so beautiful!! So sorry for you whole family!!! I know your baby is gone and nothing will ever fill the empty spot in your heart that belongs to her but please know that you ARE saving other babies by spreading the word as you are doing. Thank you so much and my heart goes out to you. I feel terrible for your loss. I have five grandchildren and I will let their parents know about the importance of securing the dressers in their rooms.
I don't know how I made it through the tears but again I want to thank you. Kim, I am so sorry to hear your story! I cried when reading it as I cannot imagine what you wen thru and go thru! But I will say that I am praying for God to put His arms around you and give you sweet peace!! What a strong woman you are to have been able to make her room a memories room of her! God had other plans for her!!
May God Bless You!! Thanks so much for sharing your story!! I myself came here through a friends facebook I am so very sorry As I was reading tears coming down my face My granddaughter is 18 months and will promise you that I will go out and buy the things needed for my son to make sure all is secure and safe Thank you ever so much for sharing your heartbreaking story with everyone I wish you and your family a Happy New Year and many hugs and blessings sent your way No words come to mind that could help you to know how sorry I am for your pain, how I hope to never feel this way.
My biggest fear is losing the best part of me, my baby girl. She is the only perfect thing I have done in my life. I hurt right now for you, for your family's pain. Thank you for sharing your story with us as it may just save my daughters life. We have just recently moved and we have not found the time, no made the time, to secure anything the way that it was a couple of weeks ago. I will make sure to correct this tomorrow.
Not just because it will keep my MaKylie safe but in honor of your little girl! From my heart, to yours with all the love I have to give, I am so sorry for your loss and pain. My son had a simular accident when he was 9 months old, we were moving out of our home and My Husband took out the door wall and placed it leaning up against the wall so he could get the furniture out easier, and when we turned our backs our son must of pushed on it and it fell on him, shattering all the glass with him under it. My mother was watching him all day at her house so we could move and so he wouldnt be in the way and she had just brought him back so he could sleep in his own bed.
Did I mention that I was 9 months pregnant also,Talk about thinking you are gonna lose both your children in one day. Things like these are freek accidents and you cant blame yourself for what your children do. God gives us tough challenges in life and you may not now why he test our parenting skills like this but there is a answer and one day we will end up knowing that answer. My son is 18 now and still has all his battle scars for me to remember that Dark horriable day in our life. God bless you and your family and hold all those fond memories of your daughter close to your heart.
I just cried so hard reading that. I had to stop several times to wipe tears away because it was blurring so badly. My daughter is just about to be 2 and all I could picture was this happening to my sweet baby. I vow to take the time and anchor all our furniture, TVs, etc. There surely is a beautiful angel in heaven watching over you all. And I know she is helping you to save others from this same terrible fate.
Thank you for sharing. I came across this blog post after our 6 drawer oak dresser fell on top of my 20 month old, not by any fault of hers but because the top drawers were open and it was top heavy. She was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. In sheer panic for a split second I didn't want to move it, because I knew she'd be gone. Umbrella Ministries assists bereaved mothers through this difficult period with support, encouragement and love. After coming to terms with her loss, her greatest desire was to help other moms through their loss.
She is an inspirational and motivational speaker at conferences throughout the United States. Having a heart for the hurting, and her background in hospice enables her to reach out to others with sensitivity and love. She has a special place in her heart for each mom who has lost a child and works behind the scenes to help the Board of Umbrella Ministries accomplish their mission. Her friendship blessed not only myself but brought my whole family closer to the Lord. It was shortly after we moved I bought a book binding machine thinking it would be fun to have not knowing exactly what I was going to do with it.
Her journal was filled with letters she wrote to Danny, her only child, who passed away at the age of As she wrote many mornings at 4: When she shared with me how she would love to share her journal filled with faith, hope and the healing love of God with other mothers who have lost a child I said I would love to type it up and bind it with my new machine.