I received an email today from a single mom who had to bury the father of her unborn daughter.  Her letter was touching and according to her…… her request a unique one.  She lost her fiance when she was only 9 weeks pregnant, as you can imagine the pregnancy was a struggle, but when her daughter was born she again had a reason to live. Now she is building attempting to create a tradition with her baby daughter, one that will make sure she has memories of her daddy…albeit from pictures and stories but memories none the less. Part of the tradition she is building includes visiting the grave site on holidays and other special days.

Of course her unique request is for a headstone…we have had so many requests for headstones…. she does not know this is not so unique! Sadly  families do not seem to have many options for headstone, the inexpensive seem to be between $800-$1000.  She said…..” a headstone should not be a luxury” that hit hard! And I agree so much that I feel that I need to do more than just help by granting money to this cause…I think it is time to do more. In recent months Blessing In Giving has been getting an extraordinary amount  of applications requesting assistance with purchasing headstones. Not just headstones for babies or young people ( I say this because we have been focused on children) but headstones for loved ones of all ages.

Because of the unusual amount of headstone requests, Blessing In Giving is looking into the need for this type of a fund. If we find that there is a big demand/need we may be changing our focus to headstones.  As our applicant said…a headstone should not be considered a luxury…..there do not appear to be many options for families when considering a headstone…too many times families have to choose to not have a headstone but rather a ground marker.  I think we can do better…….

More info soon!

Thank you and God Bless.

From a lady names Nicole who told me about her cousin. She told me that her cousin had a baby girl named Jaida. Jaida was born 3 months premature and weighed only 2 lbs. She passed away the day after she was born. Jaida’s mommy is a single mom and does not have much and is just trying to get through, what must be the worst time in her life. Nicole is also a single mom just getting by. Nicole told me how she went to the grave site of the baby and when she got there she found the grave had no headstone. There was only a stick with a paper attached which told the stats of the baby in the grave. It saddened her, it also saddened me…greatly.

She asked if we could help her cousin. She would help if she could but as I said, she is a single mom and really does not have the extra resources to help.

This is what Blessing in Giving was founded for. To help people like this….in need. These ladies are representative of both of our causes…they are single moms and have a bereavement need. I want to help them. I will keep you updated. Please pray for Nicole and Jaida’s mommy.

Good afternoon!

I am writing today to pull at your heart strings a little in the hopes that I can get some donations from you…I might as well put it right out there!!

I got a call from Bobbi Gray with Partners in Care at Hendricks Regional Health. She has a family that lost their baby last yer and still have not been able to afford to put a headstone on the grave. She has asked Blessing if we would like to help. YES!  That is all I can think…YES!!!  What an opportunity to help another! I cannot imagine what it must feel like to be going through this, my heart goes out to this family and I want to help.

So, I have committed to asking for donations. I will start here. If you feel lead to help out, please use our donate button and help in any way that you can! No amount is too small! $5.00 is the minimum that our online system will take and that IS GOOD!!!

It is the season to think of others and count our blessings. What a better way could be presented to us than to help one of our fellow sisters and brothers to have closure on a very sad life event that I KNOW  none of us want to find ourselves in.

Bless you ALL !