Scenes from the 2006 Walk. Many thanks to all who came. Check back in the summer of 2007 for information about registration for our 3^rd Walk to Remember.	In 1988, President Ronald Reagan named October National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month (proclamation), as a way to remember the almost 1,000,000 babies who die each year due to pregnancy loss, stillbirth, and early infant death.   In recognition of National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, we gathered for our second Walk to Remember and memorial service to celebrate the children who were with us briefly, but who touched our lives forever. This year, the walk will be held at Breakheart Reservation (directions) in Saugus, MA on Sunday, September 30th, 2007 FROM 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm REGISTRATION FOR THE 2007 WALK ONLINE REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. You may register in person on Sunday, September 30^th at Breakheart Reservation. Proceeds are used to pay for the T-shirts, the DCR permit, liability insurance and the remaining monies are donated to S.H.A.R.E. a group that supports those with early infant loss. For information email: walktoremember@verizon.net Proceeds will benefit SHARE Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support, Inc. National Share Office	Sunday, September 30th, 2007 Breakheart Reservation Salem Evening News 2006 Globe Article about the 2005 walk Boston Globe 2005 CBS 4 TV 2005
Directions: From Route 1S: Take the Lynn Fells Parkway exit (just after Dunkin Donuts). Go 0.1 miles and you will see the entrance on your right (Forest Street). You may also park in the Shaw’s/Target parking lot just before the entrance to Breakheart. There is a road leading into Breakheart Reservation behind Shaw’s. From Route 1N: Take the Lynn Fells Parkway exit towards Melrose/Stoneham (the exit after Home Depot). Keep left at the fork to go on the Lynn Fells Parkway. Go 0.1 miles and you will see the entrance on your right (Forest Street). You may also park in the Shaw’s/Target parking lot just before the entrance to Breakheart. There is a road leading into Breakheart Reservation behind Shaw’s.	The Cord We are connected, my child and I, by an invisible cord not seen by the eye. It's not like the cord that connects us at birth this cord can't be seen by any on earth. This cord does its work right from the start it binds us together attached to my heart. I know that it's there though no one can see the invisible cord from my child to me. The strength of this cord it's hard to describe it can't be destroyed it can't be denied. It's stronger than any cord man could create it withstands the test, can hold any weight. And though you are gone, though you're not here with me the cord is still there but no one can see. It pulls at my heart I am bruised...I am sore but this cord is my lifeline as never before. I am thankful that God connects us this way a mother and child death can't take it away!! ~Unknown~	A Walk To Remember I walk to remember the steps you'll never take. I carry you with me as I firmly plant my feet. Our trek started long ago, before my belly swelled. You were a love that grew-- like butterfly wings that beat. Your gentle flutters then became kicks upon which I would dwell. And I would talk to you, sweet babe, about the world you soon would meet. The sun always hone upon us then-- when you were in my womb. And I was eager to show you the world that would have been your home. How you'd have loved the sun shining-- blue skies without a cloud. The autumn leaves turning-- the snow falling all around. The flowers in the summer-- would have filled your eyes with smiles. And the rain that might have fallen would have caused you great surprise. You would have traveled far with me-- holding me by the hand. And I'd have shown you all I could-- more than I can imagine. You hold my HEART tightly now, as though we're holding hands. How far we've traveled, little one-- and my life with you has been sweet. For I carry you in my heart as I firmly plant my feet. Kathie Mayo

PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION


OCTOBER
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month

Each year, approximately a million pregnancies in the U.S. end in miscarriage, stillbirth or the death of the newborn child. National observance of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month offers us the opportunity to increase our understanding of the great tragedy involved in the deaths of unborn and newborn babies. It also enables us to consider how, as individuals and communities, we can meet the needs of bereaved parents and family members on work to prevent causes of these problems.

Health care professionals recognize that trends of recent years, such as smaller family size and postponement of childbearing, adds another dimension of poignancy to the grief of parents who have lost infants. More than 700 local, national and international support groups are supplying programs and strategies designed to help parents cope with their loss. Parents who have suffered their own losses, health care professionals and specially trained hospital staff members are helping newly bereaved parents deal constructively with loss...

The Congress, by Senate Joint Resolution 314, has designated the month of October, as "Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month" and authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation in observance of this month.


NOW, THEREFORE, I RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the month of October as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. I call upon the people of the United States to observe this month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fifth day of October in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-eight and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirteenth.

Ronald Reagan
Former President
United States of America