Post by Kayt on Jan 10, 2013 13:59:06 GMT -5
I painted this picture for my husband as a Christmas gift. It now hangs in our nursery.
It seemed like elephants surrounded our son when he was born. They just sort of popped of everywhere. The nurse who assisted in the delivery, bathed our son when we couldn't, and took pictures of him for us when it was too hard, even gave us a little elephant plush for him. That's why I chose elephants as the theme of this piece. I wanted to represent how I feel about our family in my heart.
This was my third attempt at painting (the first being way back in high school and the second about a year ago).
We decided to hang it up in the nursery so that we would always be reminded of our little boy and so that we know that he's always watching over us and will watch over his future brother or sister. We had already completed our nursery when we got the heart breaking news that we had lost our baby, so we've decided to keep it the way it is to honor his memory. We did have to move the furniture around a bit because I felt it needed to be a bit unique for our next little one even if Alex never got to use it.
I miss our son with every beat of my heart. I love him more than I could ever express in words. I am glad however, that when I go to visit him it's always peaceful there. We had our little angel cremated and placed in a columbarium inside a chapel that resides at one of the cemeteries in the city we live in. There's a beautiful stained glass window and it's surrounded by trees that rabbits often run around. I hate that I can't hold him in my arms, but at least I know that he won't ever be hurt and that he only felt our love.
It seemed like elephants surrounded our son when he was born. They just sort of popped of everywhere. The nurse who assisted in the delivery, bathed our son when we couldn't, and took pictures of him for us when it was too hard, even gave us a little elephant plush for him. That's why I chose elephants as the theme of this piece. I wanted to represent how I feel about our family in my heart.
This was my third attempt at painting (the first being way back in high school and the second about a year ago).
We decided to hang it up in the nursery so that we would always be reminded of our little boy and so that we know that he's always watching over us and will watch over his future brother or sister. We had already completed our nursery when we got the heart breaking news that we had lost our baby, so we've decided to keep it the way it is to honor his memory. We did have to move the furniture around a bit because I felt it needed to be a bit unique for our next little one even if Alex never got to use it.
I miss our son with every beat of my heart. I love him more than I could ever express in words. I am glad however, that when I go to visit him it's always peaceful there. We had our little angel cremated and placed in a columbarium inside a chapel that resides at one of the cemeteries in the city we live in. There's a beautiful stained glass window and it's surrounded by trees that rabbits often run around. I hate that I can't hold him in my arms, but at least I know that he won't ever be hurt and that he only felt our love.