My Baby Doily, by Olya
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My Golden Baby Charm
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My Baby Sterling Silver Charm
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The ideal gift for anyone who wants to make a statement of their love of babies.
My Baby Sterling Silver Lapel Pin
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The perfect gift for anyone.
My Baby Original Tag
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My Baby Heart Tag
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My Baby Charm Story
In 1998 I had a miscarriage. It was the most difficult experience of my life. I lost my baby very early, before many people knew I was pregnant. I didn’t feel that naming my baby or having some ceremony would comfort my feeling of loss. I wanted something to memorialize my child. I wanted something real because the loss I felt was real. I needed something very personal, just for me.



When my husband and I first started dating, he gave me a charm bracelet. Throughout the years he’s given me charms to mark special occasions such as the birth of a child, a holiday, etc. I thought that a charm to represent my baby would be an intimate way for me to remember the child I lost. For a year, we searched the Internet and jewelry stores with no luck. Since my husband enjoys drawing and designing as a hobby, I asked if he would design something for me. At first he was a little reluctant; I’m a difficult customer. After a few weeks, and dozens of designs, I had about given up.



One day, while working in the church nursery, my husband was inspired by the innocence of the children and began to sketch, in crayon. In a few moments he had drawn an image that was exactly what I had pictured in my mind. “My Baby” was born. A friend at church had a daughter who is a jeweler. She agreed to create our design and the first charm was made. The original sterling silver design is two-sided with a high polish. It was so perfect that instead of wearing it on my bracelet, I wanted to wear it on a necklace, near my heart.



Many people commented on My Baby Charm and asked where they can get one, so I decided to make them available to purchase. Although this was a personal endeavor, I am glad to share it with others, in hopes that My Baby Charm will mean as much to others as it does to me. Thank you for visiting and reading my story. I hope that you enjoy My Baby in peace.



Patricia Oglesby



“You formed my inmost being; you knit me in my mother’s womb” Psalm 139:13
 

 
 The Rest of the Story

When Trish showed me her My Baby Charm, I was touched.  It was one of those breathtaking moments in my life.  I knew what it meant to her, but to me it looked just as precious as all our babies who had lived. Six of our fifteen grandbabies Trish delivered at home with a midwife and I got to time the contractions, boil the water and bring the ice chips for five of them.  I asked her if I could have a My Baby Charm to wear to represent all the babies in our lives. We have so many blessings to count that outweigh our losses!

Trish and I wear our charms all the time.  As others have asked about them many also wanted to have one of their own.  Trish really couldn’t bring herself to make her My Baby Charm into a business, but she managed to get a charm for whoever wanted one.  In many cases of a lost baby I found that this My Baby Charm was like a key that opened up the doors of depression that had closed a mom out of ‘real life.’  I felt that it was something precious that needed to be available to moms who need it, as well as for grandmas, like me, who love to make a statement to the world that our babies represent some of the greatest joy in our lives.  So, it was another breathtaking moment in my life when I asked Trish if I could market the charm and she said I could.  Other than the technical frustrations it has been nothing but joy for me to work with this site.  I love the memories it jogs!

To me my My Baby Charm represents all the precious memories we have of all our own kids as well as all their kids.  The kids grow up so fast, but we treasure the memories.   The memories go from praying that their deliveries would be safe to the mealtime and bedtime prayers with them; from Bible stories and make believe stories to stories they write and make up for fun.  Then there are make up and finger nail polish memories; walking the floor at night memories; chex and pancake making memories; baseball memories; emergency room memories; homebirth memories; pictures painted and drawn for us memories; snakes found memories; snake and dog bite memories; magazine boy memories; Solitaire, Free Cell and Hand and Foot Canasta memories; memories of hiking together and vacationing together; holiday and road trip memories; memories of baths from those in the sink to those in the whirlpool and the showers that take over the whole bathroom!  The memories belong to us, and they go on and on, but the kids all belong to God, and we give thanks to Him for giving them to us to nurture, love, and treasure.



Jo Shnell

 

3 John 1:4 “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.”


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