In the short time we knew we were expecting a baby, Jesse managed to touch a lot of hearts.
We wanted to allow our immediate family a chance to also say goodbye.
On Sunday the 28th of August we had a small event to mark Jesse's passing.
Nana and Grandpa, Nain and Hugh, Auntie Elin and Granddad all attended to say goodbye.
Caz and I set up the scene - flowers were placed on the table, a candle was burning, a photo album with all our pregnancy moments, a memory box and the planter to be potted up.
Everyone brought along a dish or two to add to the buffet.
There was quite a nice spread with sandwiches, quiche, pitta bread, crisps, cake and Bakewell tarts.
Everybody also brought along something they wanted to say to Jesse - a poem, prayer, song or quote.
We all gathered around the planter and each had our turn to read something to Jesse and then place the reading in a large wooden box we had bought as a memory box.
I read out the following quote:
Caz helped me read it when I was too choked up to continue.
Those who were too upset to read anything out placed it straight into the memory box.
Caz and I each wrote a letter to Jesse. We talked about how we much Jesse had wound their way into our heart from the very second we knew we were expecting. How we very much looked forward to welcoming Jesse into our little family and were so ready to become Mummy and Daddy. There were so many things we were planning on doing together. But Jesse will always be a part of our family and we will never forget.
After all our emotions had been spent, we went back in to recover with a lite bite.
Then we moved outside to each add some bedding plants to the planter.
It felt quite healing bringing a bit of colour and life back into our lives.
Caz watered the planter and we were finished. We had all had a chance to say our bit, pass on our love to Jesse and bond as a family.
Fly free little one.
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