Everyone knows that Mother’s Day is in May, but did you know that Sunday May 6th 2012 is International Bereaved Mother’s Day? This special day was created by Carly Marie to honor and celebrate mothers who carry some, if not all, of their children in their hearts rather than their arms. In our modern day society, mothers who are grieving...
Author: Mikaylas Grace
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Jefferson Award Nominee — Mike and Melissa Terrill
Posted: May 02, 2012 3:47 AM CDTBy Elishah Oesch MADISON (WKOW) — Losing a baby is something no parent is prepared for in life. Sadly, one local couple experienced that tragedy twice. But, they’ve turned their grief into action, by helping others going through the same thing. Elishah Oesch introduces us to this month’s Jefferson Award...
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NICU honored by Mikayla’s Grace donation
Posted on April 4, 2012 on Meriter’s blog Meriter would like to thank Mikayla’s Grace for their generous donation of NICU care packages and Angel Memory boxes for our NICU families. Mikayla’s Grace was started by Mike and Melissa Terrill and was initially inspired by their second child who was born too soon at 24 weeks, and lived...
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March Work Day
Saturday we had over 30 people come to our house to help assemble the donations for this month. We were so touched at all of the family, friends, and Mikayla’s Grace supporters who came to help assemble these donations. So many of the individuals who came to help out are fellow bereaved parents who are...
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Care packages for parents of premature newborns
Posted: Mar 17, 2012 12:57 PM CDTBy Jennifer Kliese MCFARLAND (WKOW) — An area non-profit group is putting together care packages for families with premature newborns. It’s called Mikayla’s Grace–started by a couple who lost their baby after just two days. On Saturday, more than 30 people gathered at the Terrills’ home in McFarland to put...
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Mikayla’s Grace event to raise awareness
Posted: Mar 10, 2012 9:42 AM CSTBy Katie Priebe MADISON (WKOW) – An organization formed to support families with a baby in the NICU is working on a Flower Fundraiser to raise awareness. Mikayla’s Grace provides NICU care packages and angel memory boxes. The organization was started in honor of Mikayla Grace, a baby who died...
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October Update
On October 7th we donated 20 NICU care packages, 20 angel memory boxes, 26 baby blankets, 19 burial gowns, 24 preemie clothes, and a book for the NICU library to St. Mary’s Hospital. This was our second donation to the hospital, and makes our total donations to St. Mary’s 32 angel memory boxes, 40 NICU care...
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October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
Many people know that October is the nationally recognized month of Breast Cancer Awareness. Most do not know that it is also the nationally recognized month of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness as proclaimed by President Ronald Reagan in 1988. October 15th was then envisioned as a day for families and friends to come together to remember and...
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NICU Family Feature: Isaac
September’s NICU family feature is written by a woman that I met through our infant loss support group. It’s hard to believe that just over a year ago, we hadn’t even met and this last year we have been through so much together. We feel so blessed to have met Keith and Claire, and are...