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I'm not going to put a trigger warning. She's still my daughter and I don't need to have a warning to talk about her.

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Mybeautifullittlegirl · 03/07/2019 17:37

Sorry, I don't want to have to warn people before I talk about my daughter.

She was here, she was a person who was, and is, loved every day, and I shouldn't have to worry about talking about her in case it triggers someone. I'm fed up of worrying about other people's thoughts about my personal tragedy.

I'm having a wobble today. There's nobody around who knew her, nobody who understands what we went through, I can't talk about her because it makes other people sad.

She's a memory and some old photos to most people.

But she was my daughter. I loved her from the moment I knew she was there, until the moment she took her last breath, and every day since.

Her big dark eyes and massive fuzz of dark hair were the most beautiful things I've ever seen.

She was very poorly her whole short life, in so much pain every day. I'm struggling to deal with it more and more as time goes on. She was so delicate she never even had a proper cuddle because she would have broken.

It's been over 10 years, you would think I would feel better now, but I sometimes look at girls her age and wonder why they couldn't be her.

I look at recent cases and wonder if I should have fought more for her, I knew there was nothing they could do, but I would have had more time, and I wouldn't have had to hold her so gently as they removed the machines that kept her alive.

I keep thinking she must have felt so betrayed as I looked at her with love and pain and let her slip away. I worry she was scared but she was so little I would never have known.

I left a window open in that horrible little store cupboard where she died as the hospital had nowhere else to go that was private, I left the window open so her beautiful soul could fly high and free as she never was in her short time here.

I miss her so much.

Sorry for rambling, I have no one to talk to and just want something real that isn't a thought in my head.

Today is a struggle.

OP posts:
Doidontimmm · 03/07/2019 20:06

Emma is now thought about by so many people and her memory will never fade. I know every time I hear her name I will think of her. Your love for her shines through. I feel so moved.

ICouldBeSomebodyYouKnow · 03/07/2019 20:11

I have a heart of stone, but I am in tears as I am so touched by your love for Emma. The photo must be so precious to you.

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rodentforce · 03/07/2019 20:11

So sorry you lost your little Emma ❤️❤️❤️

isadoradancing123 · 03/07/2019 20:13

Beautiful baby x💐

bobstersmum · 03/07/2019 20:13

Actually proper crying here op, so sad that you had to go through that and lose your perfect little girl, she looks beautiful and so alert! I love her name too, it was on my list for dd. Do you still have any of her clothes and blankets? My friend has a memory bear made from her child's old clothes and it brings her great comfort, could that be an idea for you?

nethunsreject · 03/07/2019 20:16

Your wee Emma is gorgeous in her photo. What a cutie. I never cry, but I am crying just now at your thread. I can't imagine your pain. My dad lost a son at 11 and never spoke his name again. I'm glad Emma is with you all.

stephstrops · 03/07/2019 20:18

When is Emma’s birthday? If you don’t mind I’d like to remember her and think of her on her special day

MyGastIsFlabbered · 03/07/2019 20:19

She's beautiful. Please, talk about her as much as you want/need to. And your thread about her has just made me hug my boys a little bit tighter and tell them I love them, so Emma is still spreading love far and away (well, in West Sussex).

Orlandointhewilderness · 03/07/2019 20:21

I will think of your Emma tonight OP. I'm so so sorry.

historygeek12 · 03/07/2019 20:22

such a beautiful little girl, I'm so sorry for your loss but you sound such a lovely mum and she would have known you loved her xxxx

tenbob · 03/07/2019 20:24

What a beautiful baby! Those eyes and hair, that’s such a great picture

I lost a son, and one of the most comforting things I was told was that after every pregnancy, a small amount of feral DNA remains in the mum’s bloodstream forever.

So you’re carrying a little bit of Emma around with you all the time

I know this probably sounds really stupid but when I’m missing my boy, I stroke the veins on the inside of my wrist, to know I’m stroking a tiny tiny bit of him

FancyACarrot · 03/07/2019 20:24

Oh Emma truly looks absolutely adorable! bless her and you, she's a little angel now xx
She looks like she has a really strong character! Love and hugs to you xx Flowers

ravenshope · 03/07/2019 20:26

Oh sweetie, what a beautiful little girl.

CampingUnderOakTrees · 03/07/2019 20:26

So sorry OP for your loss. It breaks my heart reading your words. You will always be her mummy and she will always be your beautiful baby.

Drogonssmile · 03/07/2019 20:26

Emma is beautiful OP, thank you for sharing her photo Thanks

coginamachine · 03/07/2019 20:28

Thank you for sharing your story and Emma's photo, those eyes, so wise and beautiful. I'm so sorry you are having a wobble, it's completely ok to feel what you feel and surrender to the sadness sometimes. Your daughter lived a lifetime, her lifetime and through it all she knew your love, your voice, your heartbeat.

There can be no grief greater than a parent losing a child so please do not feel guilty that you are not fundraising or campaigning in Emma's name you are coping in the best way you can. Be gentle with yourself, hunker down with your kids, eat cake and shelter for a while.

Anothertempusername · 03/07/2019 20:31

I hope this doesn't come across incredibly insensitively and please report it to be removed if it does but I'm cuddling my little boy harder right now after reading about Emma. I'm a first time mum and often feel like I'm doing things wrong, but I think you & Emma have made me realise what's important. Bless you both, Emma is beautiful and has such wise eyes for such a tiny angel. Lots of love @MybeautifullittlegirlThanks

loobylou10 · 03/07/2019 20:31

Thanksfor beautiful Emma 💕

Worlds0kayestmum · 03/07/2019 20:32

Such a beautiful little girl with the brightest eyes Flowers

Mybeautifullittlegirl · 03/07/2019 20:33

Thank you all so much. I had a good cry and got myself sorted and have read through all your words and am in tears again.

This means the absolute world to me.

I have one more photo that I will share if you don't mind. In the rest of her photos she looks really quite poorly, but I love this one of her. The nurse took it at 00.45 in the morning, she wrote it on the back of the picture, little night owl.

Most of the time I am ok, I have so much love from my kids and I am luckier than most people to have that, and I know that. Just sometimes I go into self pity mode, and today was one of those days.

I'm so sorry to everyone who has to miss someone Flowers it sucks.

Thank you To each and every one of you, you've made such a difference to me today, I can't even begin to tell you how much.

OP posts:
mama1980 · 03/07/2019 20:33

Emma is so beautiful in the picture, such amazing eyes.

PeoniesarePink · 03/07/2019 20:33

I lost my baby son over 20 years ago, OP. The weight you carry never quite leaves you. Some days it's barely there, other days you feel like you're walking through quicksand.

I completely understand and your little girl Emma was perfect in every way Flowers

BlushPinkRose · 03/07/2019 20:33

I’m so sorry for your loss OP. I can’t see the photograph you posted but from what you’ve said your little Emma sounds beautiful ❤️

Justaboy · 03/07/2019 20:34

OP, there was a lady who wrote a book about this unthinkable event it was called "Ask me his name" where she, like you, lost a young babe.

www.waterstones.com/book/ask-me-his-name/elle-wright/9781788701792

and

www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-45398894

I don't know if that might help in anyway but I hope it might?.

I'd like to ask you to seek any professional help you can, it seems to me that you've suffered a long time and perhaps for the sakes of your other children that their mum is a bit less saddened.

Would you try and seek that please if you can?

I'd be great if you can you've suffered long enough now I'm sure young Emma whould have wanted you to be happy, bless her little soul:)

Fifteenthnamechange · 03/07/2019 20:34

Beautiful photo of a beautiful girl. Life is so cruel. I'll light a candle for Emma tonight xx

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