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After hours of researching stillbirth, trying to understand how this could happen in this modern world of medicine. How does this happen in the United States? I was appalled to discover our deathly report card for fetal and maternal welfare in this country. While everyone knows about SIDS, many people don’t even know what stillbirth is… they don’t know it’s an epidemic in this country. Who knew that 26,000 families survive this traumatic loss every year?

We are still only at the beginning of our journey. We have hundreds of family photos that will never be complete, hundreds of dinners with one empty seat, hundreds of birthdays with one extra slice of cake. Without ever taking a breath, our little girl still has a legacy. Her impact on us and you will last forever. For us, her parents, there is no end to her legacy.

She taught me that life is a luxury. I’m so grateful for the roof over my head, the food in my belly and the sun on my face. For Sydney, I ask that you don’t worry about people or things you cannot change. For Sydney, I ask that you only leave a room if it is brighter than you found it. I ask that you hug a few seconds longer. I ask you open your mind wider and your heart deeper.

For Sydney, I ask you donate to Star Legacy, an organization that funds stillbirth research. Let’s find a cure so no family suffers the loss of their baby before their first breath.