Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep is a non-profit organization that has been around for two years, composed of volunteer photographers from all around the world who give of their time and images to families dealing with a child’s fatal disease or the death of their child (the photographer donates a photography session and a disc of the images taken for the family to print and use as they wish).
The group and their purpose was presented to me a couple of years ago at a Children and Family Photographers of America conference. They were looking for new photographer volunteers and were wanting to train them to serve these families in need. At that time I just couldn’t do it.
But the group’s mission has been tugging at my heart lately, so I’ve been doing a lot of soul-searching and have been continually questioning members of the group. All I’ve heard from other photographers is how difficult it is/would be to photograph a dying child but how rewarding it is to capture these last moments for a family, forever. All I’ve heard from my heart is that I must do it.
So when I was invited once again to join the group last month, I accepted. I am currently in the process of being added to their list of available photographers and will soon be going through training. I plan to begin actively working with Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep after our baby is born (after June). Please pray for me and Shutter-Happy as Alice and I prepare to work with these families and these precious little children. We will need strength…
Wow, lots of luck and TONS of strength!! I know you’ve been thinking about this for quite some time, and I hope this is as rewarding for you as it sounds!
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How incredibly brave and selfless of you. May God work through you and Alice as you begin to work with these families.
God bless,
Kim
How wonderful!
You’ll be in our prayers.
I just called and told my sister about this. What a blessing it would have been to have had this organization around several years back when she and her husband lost their baby. I’m sure it’s terribly hard for all parents to only have polaroids of their precious little babies who were taken from them before they even got to know them.
May you bless many lives through in doing this. And may God bless you.
I can’t imagine…
You’ll be in our prayers.
As a hospital chaplain, I worked with a lot of families who had stillborn children, or whose children died soon after birth. The photos are really important in their grieving process and I am so delighted for you and for them that you’ll be helping with this.
What a great organization.
I hope you are well.
Thanks so much for your support.
May you have the strength to get through every session…
How touching.
God bless.