09/03/2018
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An Ode to Aksel - wrote by
Trigger warning ⚠️ Infant Loss and Still Birth
EVERY BIRTH MATTERS.
You swam from the seed of your father, battling the white rush of the highest waves. The fastest, the strongest - you were determined to meet the womb of your maker.
Aksel the day you were conceived, the oceans parted.
The day we said goodbye, the skies stormed and the heavens cried.
Never doubt your innate strength and resilience, you thrived against all odds.
Never doubt how much you were loved.
Please know how wanted you really were.
The extents of devotion and affection felt for you, you might find hard to fathom.
Your little body, quiet to the touch, warm to the core with your mother and fathers love.
To the babies lost, to the weeping mothers and the parents forever changed...I am taking a moment to celebrating your story....your child...because you deserve to be seen, you deserve to be heard and you deserve to be supported.
Our babies are more than secrets. More than forgotten memories. More than past conversation. More than skeletons in our closet.
They are US.
Thank you to for photographing such poignant images and for their remarkable clients for letting us share her story respectfully with the world.
There can be no life without loss. There can be no birth without death. Let’s create space for both to be celebrated as there is always light...
even in the darkest places.
Images - Lacey Barratt Photography