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In Memory of Aidan

Born Sleeping 23/8/96 Always Loved Never Forgotten img src=http://farm1.static.flickr.com/114/267912

About Me

WE DID THE GREAT SCOTTISH WALK IN EDINBURGH AND RAISED £300 FOR SANDS AND £200 FOR ALZHEIMERS SCOTLAND. BIG THANX TO ALL WHO DONATED.http://www.justgiving.com/icraig(in memory of my son), and ALZHEIMERS SCOTLAND: http://www.justgiving.com/gsprott(in memory of my Dad who suffered from Alzheimers and my mum who still resides in a care home and suffers from dementia).Also please see: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eggybird/sets/72157594247264303 /
Contact Box Generated from SurfCodes.ComTo those who say to get on with my life, I have. It is a different life, the life of a grieving mother. One with a tremendous amount to be thankful for, but also one with a lot to mourn the loss of! Do not judge the bereaved mother. She comes in many forms. She is breathing, but she is dying. She may look young, but inside she has become ancient. She smiles, but her heart sobs. She walks, she talks, she cooks, she cleans, she works, she IS, but she IS NOT, all at once. She is here, but part of her is elsewhere for eternityA child that loses a parent is an orphan, A man who loses his wife is a widower, A woman who loses her husband is a widow, however, there is no name for a parent that loses a child, for there is no word to describe such pain.Myspace Backgrounds


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My angel baby Aidan...to read about what happened to my only child, please click on "see all blog entries" and scroll right down to very first one...Aidan's grandparents, Gina and Alex, (my parents) wedding 1966 before I was born. Happier days, they both looked so happy. I miss them both (even though my Mum is still alive).My Mum Gina and my Dad Alex, when they had me in 1968. My Dad died on Oct 17th 1992 and it was the first time I really felt a bereavement. He was 64 and I was 24 and he also ended up with an Alzheimers type illness due to strokes in the brain. So I didnt really get a chance to say goodbye to him either. I had only ever been to one funeral (an uncles) before that.My Mum (Aidan's granny) Gina Craig is now 80, she has been in a care home for over 6 years suffering from vascular dementia for 8 and severe osteoporosis. Her condition worsens every year and now she is leaning to the one side, im not even sure she knows me anymore and we havent been able to communicate properly for a long time now. Family life for me consists of visiting my mum once a week and just sitting with her for an hour or so. She has no other close family left (she had 2 miscarriages after me in her early forties) :-(

Music:

Your grandparents wedding 1966, hope you and your grandad and the rest of the family are having fun in heaven, sweetie!

Movies:

Thank You Ann

Television:

Mummy is sad without you. Till the day we meet again.... I miss you and long for that day...........

Books:

.."Photo Sharing"

Heroes:


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Isobel Craig http://IsobelC68.bebo.com/

My Blog

Miscarraige/Stillbirth Survey

Were you pregnant?34 weeksWas it planned?No, I was shocked because I conceived by a VERY premature ejaculation, he came as soon as he entered.Did you lose the baby?Yes at 34 weeksHow did you know some...
Posted by In Memory of Aidan on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 05:59:00 PST

Bloody surveys that dont post....clogging up blog space!

Here's how it works:1. Go to www.photobucket.com (don't sign in)2. Type in your answer to the question in the "search" box3. Use only the first page4. Copy the html and paste for the answer.1. What is...
Posted by In Memory of Aidan on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:23:00 PST

Another Poem

I've loved my child right from the startA feeling that's filled my entire heartI went through the labour and suffered the painFor many long hours with nothing to gainI've spent sleepless nights being...
Posted by In Memory of Aidan on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 06:44:00 PST

I am still a Mummy

Am I still a Mummy; I was a Mummy from the start. What makes me a Mummy is that feeling in my heart.Pregnant I was, there was a baby inside me. For some Mummy's all it takes is to know, they have pl...
Posted by In Memory of Aidan on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 06:36:00 PST

Please Say Their Names

The time of concern is over. No longer are we asked how we're doing. Never are the names of our children mentioned to us. A curtain descends. The moment has passed. Life's slip from frequent recall. ...
Posted by In Memory of Aidan on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 06:13:00 PST

Fingerprints and Footprints

Fingerprints Your fingerprints are on my heart.Even though you never held my handyou touched me.Even though I never heard you speakyou taught me.You taught me about love.You taught me about caring.Yo...
Posted by In Memory of Aidan on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 06:00:00 PST

Bereaved Parent Quotes

QUOTES FROM A GOOD BOOK: AFTER THE DEATH OF A CHILD - LIVING WITH LOSS THROUGH THE YEARS (BY ANN K FINKBEINER) 1. "My life was a story I had been writing and now I knew the story was out of my h...
Posted by In Memory of Aidan on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 05:47:00 PST

STILLBIRTH - THE WALL

THE WALL You are walking along fine with everyone else and the sun is shining and all is well, then you walk SLAM into a brick wall. And it hurts  it really hurts. It hurts your head and your ches...
Posted by In Memory of Aidan on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 05:38:00 PST

The Loneliest Time Of My Life ~ Losing Aidan

The Loneliest Time of My Life Last August (2006), it was my only child, Aidan Irving Craig's - 10th Anniversary. He was born asleep, as some prefer to call it on 23/8/96. He would have been ten now...
Posted by In Memory of Aidan on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 05:59:00 PST