Hope's Story

 As soon as I lost my 5 week old unborn baby I knew we needed to have a respectful place to lay her body and being her mother and father, that was our responsibility. I knew that some would think my husband and I were crazy but my heart was screaming out that she was a person who deserved the same respect as anyone else who has died outside the womb. I told my husband I knew someone makes caskets for miscarried babies and that we needed to find the website. He looked on the internet and said he could only find fairly large baby caskets for born babies. I took over the keyboard and I don't remember what I typed in but just a second later I saw Heaven's Gain and knew that was what I was looking for. The Lord had guided my hands for sure. My relief brought even more tears knowing that I would be able to do what I knew was the right thing. I've always believed that life begins at conception, I thank my parents for teaching me that, if they hadn't and I had flushed or thrown away or let someone take the "remains" I know that I would always feel the regret that I could have done something better. I had so many questions about burring a miscarried baby. On the Heaven's Gain website I went to the contact page and e- mailed and asked if someone could call me as soon as possible. 5 minutes after I submitted my e-mail I got a call from Donna. I'd never talked to you before. You immediately said you were sorry for our loss and I was so choked up with tears that I couldn't speak. I could tell from your silence that you understood me when it took me a few moments to respond and you didn't prompt me with "Hello? are you there?" You helped me understand what I needed and offered many times that if I had any other questions to call and you would help me. This could not be an easy ministry to run but I am grateful to you for providing these affordable little caskets. If I had not found your website it would have been so hard to do what was right for our baby's body. I am so glad that finding the casket was easy, I had no energy to focus on looking for one for hours. You are a gift from God to families who have to go through the pain of loosing a baby through miscarriage.