Family Holiday for Grief Support

We lost our baby daughter 3 months ago, her name was Matilda-Joy and she was 8 and a half months old. It has been such a tragic loss and something that has wounded and scared our hearts forever. We have four sons (14years, 8years and twins 7years), so Matilda-Joy was finally the icing on the cake.

The last 3 months have been so difficult on us all, especially on our 8 years old son Bailey. He was the one that found Matilda-Joy dead in her cot, unfortunately it was SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) that took her life. He has been traumatised by this, but after some extensive counselling and lots of love he is slowly getting better.

My husband and I have grieved together and we have all supported one another to the best of our ability but we are in need of a Holiday to get away. We can't remember when we actually had a family vacation, it would be so nice to take the kids to Queensland (the Gold Coast) and to see their little faces happy again. We have all been on such an emotional roller-coaster and even they have been affected by this as they were so close to Matilda-Joy.

It's been also difficult to come to terms of losing her. It absolutely breaks my heart that I am slowly forgetting her smell, her cry, her touch, I just can't explain how it just tears your heart to threads. It will be a long journey but I have faith that we will get through this.

Plus we are currently trying to have another baby, not to replace our little darling girl but to fill that emptiness in our hearts and to give our love to a new life.

It would mean the world to us xxx