Tag Archives: Virginia Grace

And Grace Will Lead Us Home

Posted on February 25, 2023 by Kay Pelham

On Thursday I watched the funeral for my friend Lynn Bruce, and today I watched her graveside service. On this day 17 years ago, also a Saturday, we had the graveside service and burial of our daughter Virginia Grace, who … Continue reading →

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Remembrance and Liturgy ….and (Surprise!) Refinement

Posted on February 5, 2023 by Kay Pelham

Every year I remember our daughter Virginia Grace Pelham (February 3 ~ 24, 2006) on her birthday through social media posts and sometimes a blog post here, and most every year I think that it should be the last time … Continue reading →

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On the 16th Anniversary of our Daughter’s Birth: Grace meet Wendi, Wendi meet Grace

Posted on February 3, 2022 by Kay Pelham

This post is sort of what I planned for this day of remembering Virginia Grace Pelham (February 3, 2006 ~ February 24, 2006), but with the death yesterday, February 1, of my friend Wendi Capehart, who was already a part … Continue reading →

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Parents Aren’t Supposed to Bury Their Children

Posted on February 25, 2021 by Kay Pelham

We buried our daughter on this day 15 years ago, the day after she had breathed her last in my mother’s arms. The funeral home hosted a visitation for family and friends, and then we all drove to the cemetery … Continue reading →

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On the Fifteenth Anniversary of Our Daughter’s Birth

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Kay Pelham

Our daughter, Virginia Grace Pelham, was born February 3, 2006 and passed from this life three weeks later, almost to the very hour of her birth, on February 24, 2006. I’ve often written on social media and on this blog … Continue reading →

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On the Thirteenth Anniversary of Our Daughter’s Birth

Posted on February 3, 2019 by Kay Pelham

Today I commemorate a day that was never going to be. The baby that would be named Virginia Grace Pelham at about 20 weeks gestation was Trisomy-18 from her conception and although she beat some odds to survive to birth, … Continue reading →

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Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Kay Pelham

Anyone who knows me well and either reads here or at Facebook knows that it doesn’t take much to get me to remember and talk about my daughter. Here’s something I posted last week at Facebook after I saw a … Continue reading →

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A new thought

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Kay Pelham

For many years I would wander by the baby department and think how cute and soft everything looked and wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a baby to dress and wrap in all that cute and soft stuff. Then we … Continue reading →

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What I learned five years ago

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Kay Pelham

Today our daughter Virginia Grace Pelham would have been 5 years old. Grace had a chromosomal disorder named Edwards Syndrome or Trisomy-18 (being chromosome 18 that has the extra.) This was not something we were expecting on that day. Although, … Continue reading →

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