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22-09-2019
135 days Published: September 22, 2019 Category: General As I write this, on 22nd September 2019, it has been 135 days since Ivy died. 135 wake ups without her. We measure time in 7 day weeks and 365 day years so why is 135 days so significant for us? Ivy lived for 135 days. As of tomorrow we have lived without her longer than she was here. Everyday forward makes that time a little longer and that distance a little further. 135 days from 26th December to 10th May. Ivy’s whole life and it was way too short. Our life in that time
21-09-2019
To all that see us grieve Published: September 21, 2019 Category: General This is my open letter from the heart writing down what, at times, feels impossible to say. Firstly, I want to say thank you. We know you all care. Every word said is meant with love. We know that. Every word not said is to protect us. We know that too. It must be impossible to second guess what we need or want. We can’t tell you because it changes constantly. Still. Things don’t necessarily feel ‘better’, just different. Yes, I admit it, we do hide our emotions
24-08-2019
Great expectations Published: August 24, 2019 Category: General A year ago today we went for our 20 week scan. We had been keeping quiet as having suffered a miscarriage the previous Christmas, we were understandably anxious. This time last year when we were told all was well, we felt such relief and happiness that we spread the exciting news. We were so pleased when everyone was so happy for us. Just as they had been when we moved home, got engaged and got married, we were always so surprised by other people’s happiness for us. At the time, I remember
12-08-2019
Mission statement Published: August 12, 2019 Category: General As some of you may know, we have a daily acts of kindness calendar. When we read today’s, we started to think. It said “write down your companies 5 charitable goals for the year” Ok, we are not a company but what is it that we want to achieve from Ivy’s Gifts? When we started out at the end of May, if we are honest, we just needed something that had Ivy’s name on. You spend months contemplating what name you want to call your baby when pregnant and we wanted people
28-07-2019
This rocks! Published: July 28, 2019 Category: General Hopefully you have got here by looking at the under side of a painted rock and if this is your first time to our little website then welcome. No doubt you are wondering where you are and what's going on. Ivy's gifts is a website that has been created to honour our daughter Ivy. If you would like to know more about Ivy and what we are doing then feel free to look around the rest of the site and our other blog posts. But let's talk about why you are here
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