Progress?

I've really been on a rampage since Joseph's trip to the funeral home on Monday. I'm still so upset with the idea of Wyatt's life having absolutely no significance in this state. I've received some wonderful support and many of you have offered ideas on how I could go about getting this issue brought further into the light.

Some people have suggested I take Wyatt's story to a local news station. I've been hesitant about doing this because I didn't want people to think I was trying to play the "poor me" card. Yes, our story has it's fill of sadness, but I don't want people to feel sorry for us. I don't want people to look at Wyatt's life as a sad story. I want it to be a story of inspiration, hope, and triumph. Wyatt died, but that shouldn't be the end of his story. I believe with all my heart God only gave Wyatt two minutes he had to fight for because he knew I would fight to have those two minutes recognized. The day Wyatt was born is just the beginning of his story.

I picked up the phone today and made a call to WATE (channel 6) and informed the woman on the phone that I may have a human interest story they may be interested in. If they were interested, great. If not, then it's not God's will and I will have to find some other avenue to further my cause to have babies lives have meaning here in Tennessee.

Not even an hour after I hung up, I got a phone call from one of the female news reporters that was wanting to be at my house in 20 minutes for an interview. I had one of my "OH CRAP" moments. For any of you that have had a child die, you know that house cleaning is just one of those things put on the back burner... at least, it has for me. My house isn't horrible, but it's overdue for a good mopping and vacuuming! Being on limited bed rest hasn't helped the condition of my house either!

Anyways...

Long story short, I asked if we could do it a different day so that my husband could be here. The reporter hesitantly agreed and said that she wants to make sure it's done within the next couple of days. She asked if I had pictures of Wyatt to share... When I answered that I had a couple hundred she asked that I pick my favorite 20-30 and that would be wonderful.

I am so nervous to do this interview! This feels like my one chance to tell Wyatt's story. What if I don't tell it right? What if I somehow let Wyatt down by goofing up his life's story. What if people still don't care? No pressure!

I plan on pulling out Wyatt's elephant, blanket, pictures, outfit, and urn for the interview. What else should I do? You know the moments that a new mother gets where people come visit her in the hospital to see their new baby for the first time? I didn't really get that with Wyatt. All people saw was a dead baby. I feel like this is my new mommy moment where I get to share Wyatt's life with people instead of his death. Any ideas are more than welcome, and prayers that I can represent Wyatt the way he deserves to be represented are greatly appreciated!