The Butterfly Release
June 2, 2010 at 1:38 pm · Filed under "Tears Together" newsletter articles, Remembering Your Baby, Renew Through Sharing Program Events
Saturday, May 15, 2010 came without all the rain of the previous few days. Butterflies don’t like rain, but they didn’t seem to mind the slightly cool temperature and soft breeze in the RTS garden. Our sixth annual Butterfly Release began with a short program by our Chaplain, Janet Frystak. She shared some thoughts about the symbolism of butterflies, and a couple of special readings. We dedicated three new memorial stones that were recently donated and placed in the garden, and thanked the donors for supporting the RTS garden. The three were: the Jordan family, in memory of Daniel Jordan; Sonia Cannon, in memory of her grandson; and the Bloem family, in memory of Willis Daniel Farmer. Then we blessed the basket of butterflies, and proceeded to the garden. Each family received their own individual butterfly to release. Most of the butterflies stayed close and were able to be observed for a long time, some landing on flowers, others on children’s hands. It was a lovely sight.
Afterwards, we all enjoyed refreshments and some time to relax. The children were invited to decorate butterfly cookies to take home. Thank you to all of you who were able to come. We had our largest group yet, over 100 people. For those who couldn’t make it, know we were thinking of you. Some of you were able to visit with your nurse, as several staff members were there on their day off to help with the event and to show you that your babies are special to us, too. We don’t forget either! So a big “thank you!” to Kathleen, JoAnne, Peg (phenomenal purple cookies as always), Hope, Sue, and Sue’s daughter Grace. I couldn’t do it without all of them.
I hope the day was as much a blessing to all of you as it was to me, and that you feel peace throughout the summer whenever you see a butterfly.
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