When Ashlee Hammac’s newborn son died just five days after being welcomed in the world, she decided to pay a special tribute to baby Ryan – by building a sandbox on his grave so that his older brother could come and spend time with him.
Hammac’s younger son, Ryan Michael Jolley, was born October 11, 2013, and passed away October 16 from Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephlopathy: a condition that occurs when there is not enough oxygen getting to the brain.
Following baby Ryan’s funeral, Miss Hammac decided to adorn his burial place with glass pebbles, but thinking of her son Tucker and his grieving process, she decided to come up with the kind of tribute that he could relate to as well.
After a five-day struggle between life and death, an MRI test showed that the child’s brain showed no activity.
Even though he was alive for less than a week, the infant’s death was not in vain, as his healthy little heart was donated to another ailing baby.
Ashlee Hammac said she hopes one day to meet the mother of the child in whose chest Ryan’s heart continues to beat.
Source: Daily Mail
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What an idea!! Very sad and yet very positive post.
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Sad, but very beautiful. What a good idea and surprising to be so intuitive in the midst of grief.
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That isn’t kindness, that’s sick. Grief makes people lose their minds, I guess.
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Grieving individuals grieve in their own way. There are no set rules for grieving. This woman turned a tragedy into something positive for another human being. She is to be commended. Teddybear, your profile says you like helping people. Calling a grief-stricken mother sick, is very unkindly of you.
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true.
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I am really impressed with your writing skills and also with the layout on your blog.
Is this a paid theme or did you modify it yourself? Either way keep up
the nice quality writing, it is rare to see a great blog like this
one these days.
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