The Day of the Dead transmission

As part of the Day of the Dead festival on 2^nd November, SentForever are transmitting some memorials from www.muchloved.com into deep space so that they will exist for all eternity.

The Day of the Dead occurs on 2^nd November every year and this is also known as All Souls Day in many western religions. It originated in Central and Southern America many years ago but similar events are celebrated in many African and Asian countries as well as some European countries. It’s more of a joyous occasion as opposed to the more somber ways that western cultures observe memories of the deceased.

MuchLoved was set up by Jonathan Davies in 1995 after his younger brother suddenly died while at university at the age of 21. It is a registered charitable trust and allows people to create online memorials to individuals who have died. It’s a lovely site that allows you to create a memorial to the life of a lost loved one that can be kept private or can be made public so that others can view the memorial. 

SentForever will transmit a number of the MuchLoved online memorials on Sunday morning. Some of the memorials are for specific individuals while others are for more than one individual. One site id for little angels, children who passed on at a very early age. This is a particular special and moving memorial which celebrates the short time that these loved infants spent with their parents.

Remember a lost baby – the saddest dream

By Chris 

This post follows on from Stephanie’s recent post Remembering the Lost Babies a few weeks back. 

Some years ago I had the saddest dream about a baby. Usually I forget my dreams but that morning I remembered it and so I wrote it down. As you start to write a dream down, more and more details are remembered and the dream started to get longer and longer. I wanted to capture this dream in as few words as possible, so this is what I wrote: 

A young baby always knows if it is going to die that night. So when its parents put it to bed it cries and cries to tell them not to leave it alone as it is going to die – but of course the parents don’t understand what the baby is saying. That night the child dies, thinking that its parents didn’t love it enough to save it. 

Now I don’t believe this is true for a moment – it was just a dream I captured. A very moving dream. 

Parents who have lost an older child say that the important thing is to ensure that the child is remembered. That they existed on this earth and they did this, achieved that, and their lives are often captured in many different memories and photos over the years. 

However, when a baby passes on its very different. A baby isn’t really in a position to give the parents anything that is material – it’s usually the parents giving to the child – care, attention, toys, but above all else, love. 

There is a saying that we should live each day as if it were our last. Well perhaps every day we should love our children as if it were their last day – but in a positive sense of course. Let them really know how much they are cherished and loved. 

For the lost babies, this can be done too. In our hearts, our thoughts, our actions and our prayers. And maybe in a special way too by sending a message into eternity. Because, when the baby’s parents and near relatives pass on, how will that child be remembered in the future? 

By sending a message into eternity, that message will exist forever. Your love that is captured in that message will live forever, their memory will live forever. 

We can help ensure your lost baby is remembered forever. And for those babies that are alive today, well, love them just that little bit extra today. Take care.