The Ordinary Moments 2017 #31 – The Wave of Light

Every year people all over the world light a candle at 7pm on the last day of Baby loss awareness week to remember babies everywhere taken too soon – it’s known as “The Wave of Light”! This year however I wanted to do something different… I wanted to light up the sky for our little girl and all of the babies gone too soon, and so on Sunday we had a little trek over some local fields and let off Chinese lanterns with my family at dusk.

As we let each lantern off I thought of Poppy (of course), and then my thoughts turned to each baby I know because of their wonderful parents that in some small way have played a part in our journey. I looked up at that dusky sky and its vastness and how small that little lantern seemed in all of it … how symbolic of each little baby in the world gone too soon, and easily overlooked with such a big world and busy lives, and yet we remember each day who we carried and who is missing from life.

I love the wave of light. Its a very reflective moment with deep meaning, and yet a moment that fills me with strength to know that people all over, in each of their lives are lighting up life together in remembrance of their babies. Its quite amazing that something so small can have such meaning – each light briefly piercing through the darkness of loss and showing each little brief life worldwide!

I never imagined my life to be what it is, I mean why would you? But baby loss, awareness and the wave of light has very quickly become my ordinary and an ordinary moment in our life each year. I was so grateful that whilst I wasn’t able to let off lanterns with my good friend as we had hoped, my family were willing to come and join in remembering Poppy and babies everywhere gone too soon. 

We had a lovely family walk and some really good laughs in the process (Sorry for the scorched field Mr Farmer) and it was a lovely family moment to come together and light up the sky for the Wave of light and our little Pops!