Here we go! Our second Wednesday for Wyatt! It’s quite simple to participate. All you have to do is copy and paste this post on your blog, and come back here to link up with MckLinky! Once you do that, your all set to win a great giveaway. Kristi, on of the dear women who follow my family's story has generously donated some handmade buckeye's jewelry. Thank you Kristi!
Over the last week we have gotten 123 new signatures! Over 100 of those we got last Wednesday alone. And we had 34 wonderful bloggers link up... I can't wait to see how much Wednesdays for Wyatt will grow this week!
For those of you who are not familiar with my family and what we are trying to achieve, here’s a brief run down...
Our son Wyatt was diagnosed with a fatal condition at our 18 week ultrasound, but chose to carry him to term. We waited to meet our son with love, all the time praying we would get to see him alive.
On June 1, 2009, Wyatt made his way into the world by c-section. To our amazement he had a faint heartbeat and was breathing! He died two minutes later, but I’ve clung to the two minutes my son and I breathed the same air since his passing.
Upon calling to get a copy of Wyatt’s birth certificate, I found out he was listed as a stillborn. You would assume it was a mistake (like I did), but there was no mistake. According to the definition of live birth in Tennessee my son was not “alive enough” to be deemed a live born baby. His two minutes of life has gone unrecognized by my state, and I intend to change this piece of legislation so I can solidify the validity of my son’s short life.
Wednesdays for Wyatt was created to help spread awareness for a law that needs to be changed, as well as to generate more traffic to my petition. So if you’re reading this, thanks for taking the time to help our family!
This contest will be open today only. I will close MckLinky down sometime before midnight, so make sure you get linked up ASAP to make sure you are entered to win this giveaway! Thanks for helping everyone, and good luck.
5 comments:
I linked up at my blog. I hope I did it right! If not here is the link-http://loganquinn.blogspot.com/2009/10/wednesday-for-wyatt.html
Sorry I missed it! I am a late blogger :-) And YES we dont live far and I take James to Vandy in Nashville for his appts all the time. So we will have to get together again.
Linked!! ;)
I'll definitely link up again! BUT, I wanted to make sure you got my e-mail? I sent it last week but used yahoo.ca not yahoo.com so I re-sent it the day before yesterday. Please let me know at mooonandback@yahoo.ca (yes 3 o's in moon) if you haven't gotten it yet! Thanks hun! *hugs*
Tried to make the link...didn't happen in time. I shall try next week. You have my support and prayers!! ~ Joann
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