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Posted

3/2/2018

Preparing for Mother's Day

The thing about Mother’s Day is it stirs up so many questions, triggers so much emotion and can leave us completely worn out by the time it comes around.

What I want you to know, with all my heart, is that you deserve to be honoured.

You have been through so much, you’re carrying your grief with such grace and dignity, even when it doesn’t feel like you are, You are!

You are a warrior Mother, your Mother's heart beats every single day even though it is broken. You deserve to be acknowledged and celebrated.

Over the next few days I will be sharing ideas,

thoughts, and things you might like to consider in the run up to March 11th, whether you are a bereaved Mother with aching arms, or one with a Mother’s heart but no child here on earth, or one who is waiting

and striving for the child you long for, or one who has children here on earth but is still laying awake at night longing for your child who couldn’t stay.

We honour you and know the beautiful Mother love that lives on in your heart.

In our modern day society, Mothers who are grieving the death of their babies and children are often forgotten on traditional Mothers Day. 
Here in the UK the origins of Mothering Sunday grew out of the 16th century practice of annually visiting one's mother church, and being reunited with one's children on this day. However in 1907 in America, Anna Jarvis officially founded the traditional Mother's Day to honour her own Mother Ann who lost 7 of her babies! It was created in honour of a bereaved mother! Within just a few years, the deep emotions meant to be conveyed by Mother’s Day were submerged by superficial commercial interests that meant big profits for business, but ignored the feelings of grieving mothers.
Ann’s daughter, Anna Jarvis, began a lifelong fight against what she saw as a violation of her Mother’s intention for the Mother’s Day holiday. She recognized the deep irony. A day initially intended to recognize the pain of grieving Mothers had been hijacked to sell products. And now, it is precisely those bereaved Mothers, most deserving of a day of recognition, who are most likely to be cast aside by our superficial version of the holiday. 

It is time to get back to the original intent: a loving tribute to all mothers, but especially an opportunity to help those suffering a grievous loss of a precious loved one.
You deserve to be recoginsed and celebrated!
Stay with us beautiful Mother, over the following days my hope is that you will find ways to reclaim this Mother’s Day and find your place within it. 
Just because your baby died does not mean that you're not a Mother anymore. You are your baby’s Mother forever. We honour you, we celebrate you and we will hold your hand through this heart wrenching time, together we can navigate this!

You are not alone, you are loved, you love, and love never ever dies.

With grace and love, Val x x x

Posted

8/24/2017

It is a great honour to announce that Leanne Brown (RHOC) is now the first Patron of Tigerlily Trust. We are delighted to welcome her to our team, and work with her to help raise awareness about baby loss and fundraise to help us continue the vital support we provide. Leanne, who has heartbreakingly suffered her own baby loss three times and didn't feel she received the support she needed said "I can't even express how proud I am to be involved!" Originally from Barrow-In-Furness, Leanne has this local connection, and sadly two of her close family members have also tragically had stillborn babies, one of whom received our Remembrance Box and support after the devastating loss of her baby in 2015. It is with deep gratitude that we look forward to what we might achieve together in the future. Thank you Leanne for your kindness, generosity and support. Love and light, Val x x x

Posted

7/28/2017

Reminds Me of You

Remembrance Baubles 28.07.17 - 10.11.17 (closing date for postal participation)

I am very pleased to say that this year we are having a Christmas tree for the first time at the Dalton Christmas Tree Festival to help raise money and awareness for Tigerlily Trust and baby and child loss.

The festival theme this year is “All Kinds And Everything” and I immediately thought of the Dana song which continues – “Reminds Me Of You” It felt very much like it was absolutely meant to be and so our tree title is “Reminds Me Of You” and my thoughts are to fill the tree with baubles handmade by bereaved parents in memory of their babies or children.

We are planning a series of bauble making workshops at the Riverside Hotel in Kendal during September, October and November.

To attend a workshop

You can book your place on a workshop to make your bauble for £5 donation payable on the day, email us at 

enquiries@tigerlilytrust.co.uk to book your place telling us which date you wish to attend, who you will be making a bauble in memory of and their birthday or angelversary if you wish to include them on your bauble, and what colours you wish to use e.g. Pinks, Blues, or Whites.

For Postal Participation

If you would like a bauble made for you and have your baby or child remembered on our tree but cannot attend a workshop – for £5 + £3.50 P&P you can have a bauble lovingly hand made for you by one of our bereaved parents and after the festival we will post it out to you.

Our colour themes will be pinks, blues and whites,

Please make your £8.50 donation, per bauble, through our Virgin Money Giving Reminds Me of You Event page, stating in the message what colour theme you would like and the name of your baby/child and their date of birth and/or angelversary if you would like that included. Please remember to tick Gift Aid if applicable to help us raise funds.

Please also make sure you include your postal address.

Virgin Money Giving Reminds Me of You Bauble Donations 

For postal participation - please send us an email after you have made your donation to enquiries@tigerlilytrust.co.uk with your name, the name of the baby or child you want remembered, the colour theme you would like, and their date of birth and/or angelversary if you would like that included. 

For example -  Donation made by Val Sherwood for Reminds Me of You Bauble  in memory of Lily 21.10.11 Pinks - please send to... postal address.

Your bauble will be a heart shaped decoupage creation approximately 9cm by 8cm by 5cm made in the colour choice stated by you and created specially for you by a bereaved parent. We will post your bauble to you after the festival finishes to the address you give us, and it will sent signed for delivery.

Thank you, and we will be honoured to remember all our babies and children with you in this lovingly creative way.

If you wish to visit the festival please find more up to date information about St Mary's Church Christmas Tree Festival via this website link.

Posted

5/1/2017

When you do your shopping at Kendal Asda - Tigerlily Trust has been accepted as part of their green token scheme, so if you chose to give us your green tokens when you shop we will be in the running for some funding! There is no minimum spend, just ask for your tokens and pop them in the Tigerlily Trust collection point in the store foyer, we're the yellow shoot. Winner = £500 2nd and 3rd = £200 so it would help us to give more Remembrance Boxes and Miscarriage Care packages to our hospitals. Please help us by sharing our post on Facebook and telling your family and friends, it would help us hugely to win this to help us continue the work we do supporting bereaved families after the death of their beloved baby or child. Thank you everyone, we are nominated through to July - please share share share! Huge thanks, Val x x x

Posted

4/23/2017

 Lune Park Children's Centre, Owen Road, Lancaster. LA1 2LN

We are very pleased to say that we have secured our new venue for the Lancaster Support Group Meeting for bereaved parents who have suffered the loss of their baby or child - the meeting is at Lune Park Children's Centre on 2nd Friday each month 2-3.30pm. We still need to sign in at the reception desk. There is free parking. This building is in Rylands Park and is accessed via Owen Road. Further dates are as follows, 2nd Friday in each month -

          12th May - newly bereaved meeting (last 3yrs)

          9th June - open to all bereaved parents

          14th July - newly bereaved meeting (last 3yrs)

          11th August - newly bereaved meeting (last 3yrs)

          8th September - open to all bereaved parents

          13th October - newly bereaved (last 3yrs)

          10th November  - newly bereaved (last 3yrs)

          8th December - open to all bereaved parents

Look forward to connecting with you there, if you have any questions please contact Val either via the Tigerlily Trust

Facebook page or email enquiries@tigerlilytrust.co.uk  Many thanks, Val x

Posted

4/18/2017

Lune Park Children's Centre, Owen Road, Lancaster. LA1 2LN

We are very pleased to say that we have secured our new venue for the Lancaster Support Group Meeting for bereaved parents who have suffered the loss of their baby or child - the next meeting is at Lune Park Children's Centre on Friday 21st April 1-3pm. We still need to sign in at the reception desk. There is free parking. This building is in Rylands Park and is accessed via Owen Road. Further dates are as follows, 2nd Friday in each month -

          12th May - newly bereaved meeting (last 3yrs)

          9th June - open to all bereaved parents

          14th July - newly bereaved meeting (last 3yrs)

          11th August - newly bereaved meeting (last 3yrs)

          8th September - open to all bereaved parents

          13th October - newly bereaved (last 3yrs)

          10th November  - newly bereaved (last 3yrs)

          8th December - open to all bereaved parents

Look forward to connecting with you there, if you have any questions please contact Val either via the Tigerlily Trust

Facebook page or email enquiries@tigerlilytrust.co.uk  Many thanks, Val x

Posted

2/17/2017

Next months meeting will be held at Lune Park Children's Centre on Friday 10th March 2-3.30pm in meeting room 1. We still need to sign in at the reception desk but then the meeting room is upstairs in a quiet part of the building. There is free parking. This may just be a temporary venue as they cannot take any bookings after March as yet. We are still looking at other potential venues. This building is in Rylands Park and is accessed via Owen Road. Look forward to connecting with you there, Val x

Posted

2/2/2017

Sadly, due to closure we will be holding our last Support Group Meeting at Firbank Children's Centre, Lancaster on Thursday 16th February rather than Friday. Usual time 2-3.30pm. We are searching for a new venue and will keep you informed of any developments. We wish to say a huge thank you to the team at Firbank who have looked after us so well, and wish them every success in the future. Many thanks, Val x x x

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