This little tattered bag is not just some ordinary paper bag.
On a cool, clear and starry night I was handed this little tattered, paper bag. “What’s this” I asked. “It’s a baby.” She answered. …
That was the night I was given the abandoned ashes of a baby girl at church. Her name is Nikki and we are burying her at the White as Wool Memorial for Life.
This little baby girl was born over 7 years ago, severely deformed and struggling for her very life. Sweet little Nikki didn’t live for very long and she died. Her mommy must have been in such brokenness. She (her ashes) were left and abandoned by those that could love her most, in an apartment. She was found by someone who knew what this little bag contained and they kept her ashes in a closet for many years.
Not knowing what else to do, her ashes were almost discarded. Then the person that had her ashes heard about White as Wool Ministries and gave her to us. In this little tattered bag was a white box with her ashes, a hand knitted pink blankie, a little teddy bear that fits just in the palm of your hand, a sea shell and a dried rose from her birth mommy.
Little Nikki represents countless babies that are lost in miscarriage and whose family didn’t have any remains to bury. She also represents the countless babies that died at our own tragic choice of abortion. She represents … a mothers’ broken heart.
At the Memorial for Life dedication, Nikki will be the first of many babies buried there. Many women will join us as we honor little Nikki and the countless other babies lost … but never forgotten.
We will all remember and celebrate that our babies are in glory with Jesus Christ our Lord.
