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| I got an unfinished memory box from Walmart and painted and sanded it. |
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| Most of it is antique white and I mixed a light blue for accent. |
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| A little rick-rack around the perimeter… |
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| I lined it with baby blue fleece and finished it with a little ribbon. |
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| I crocheted the square out of the same yarn I had made his blanket. The ribbon and fleece are the same I used for his shroud. |
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| Inside are the cards we received and the burial service. I have yet to print out the online notes we received and his birth story. |
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| There are two small photo albums containing all of his pictures including his ultrasound pictures. I had the photos processed yesterday. |
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| Some grass from the field where he is buried. |
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| A honeysuckle blossom from the bouquet I put on his grave the day he was buried. |
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| The ribbon is from the bouquet. I retrieved it on Pascha when we took an Easter lily out to plant behind the cross over his grave. |
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| At the moment it’s on the mantel. |
Praying With My Feet 
So touching. Matrushka, you will never know the strength you have given me in sharing your journey with us.
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beautiful beyond words. thank you for sharing.
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This is so precious. Thank you for sharing something so personal. Love to you
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simply beautiful
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So beautiful, and so holy.
God's peace to you and your family as his due date approaches.
(another) Elizabeth
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How lovely.
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This is so beautiful, mama.
With love, Alex (Zubeldia)
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Thank you, Eva. You're right, I probably won't!
Thank you everyone. I'm happy to share.
Thank you Alex! (And how sweet of you to comment!)
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So lovely. And so full of love and Mother's care at every step.
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So it approaches, the date when he would've met you – if life were another way. I know it deeply, as mine does. I should be off work now, yet I'm still there. Strange. As if two prallell worlds are living side by side. Missing and yet he could have still been within for another day or two. Instead I enbark on this new journey…strange….e
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I have tears. It's beautiful, dear Matushka.
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So loving. Thank you for sharing with us…it's true that you may never know who will be comforted and strengthened by seeing what you have shared here.
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Beautiful. I have a similar box for our Luka, whom we lost in 2005. There is something so precious about a carefully crafted collection of little keepsakes — holding his memory with such care, as only a mother can. Glory be to God. May Innocent's memory be eternal.
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I love the memory box. That's such a beautiful idea. Yesterday was the five year anniversary of the day our little Esther was born.
Memory eternal to these precious little ones!
And hugs to the mamas…
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Anna,
This is SO incredibly beautiful!!! Thank you for sharing. I am certain it will help many babyloss mothers who detest being in this terrible, awful club. I was struggling as to what to do for Danny'd memory box, and this gave me some lovely ideas. Previously, I had an old cardboard box from a discount store with roses on it that I used previously for storage when I wa a teacher. A “leftover” box for our first son's only memory box seemed so wrong. I have been searching for ideas to do something more respectable as his 9-21 due date approaches. Now I have some good ideas. I, too, haven't printed out all his on line condolences. I started and got busy with the puppy. He is a comfort and sometimes a little bit of a distractin, but much more of a comfort. Bless you for sharing! Love, Franki
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I missed this post, what an intimate and sweet idea. I have memory boxes for our four (living) children but regrettably never considered ones for our two not with us. Thank you for sharing this.
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Thank you for sharing this with us. It is such a beautiful tribute to Innocent. May his memory be eternal!
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