Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep
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We at simplytoimpress.com are touched by the mission of NILMDTS and want to extend our assistance to grieving families as well.
Upon request, every family serviced by NILMDTS will receive 25 complimentary PhotoCards or Memory Prints. These materials may be used as bereavement cards, memory cards or a celebration of a precious child's brief life. We are committed to working with families to ensure that each design is just right.
We can only imagine how painful this loss must be, and we hope that these unique keepsakes will somehow bring a bit of comfort during this difficult time and in years to come.
All designs below are offered on our 2-sided press printed cardstock. These cards are processed by an offset printing press and printed on your choice of several paper stocks. The back is completed to match the front of the design. White or Ivory envelopes are included. View our pricing
page for an example.
These designs were originally offered in a mounted PhotoCard. We no longer offer that product.
The designs listed below are just starting points. All designs can be modified to be boy or girl and have multiple pictures.
Upon request, every family serviced by NILMDTS will receive 25 complimentary PhotoCards or Memory Prints. These materials may be used as bereavement cards, memory cards or a celebration of a precious child's brief life. We are committed to working with families to ensure that each design is just right.
We can only imagine how painful this loss must be, and we hope that these unique keepsakes will somehow bring a bit of comfort during this difficult time and in years to come.
All designs below are offered on our 2-sided press printed cardstock. These cards are processed by an offset printing press and printed on your choice of several paper stocks. The back is completed to match the front of the design. White or Ivory envelopes are included. View our pricing
page for an example.These designs were originally offered in a mounted PhotoCard. We no longer offer that product.
The designs listed below are just starting points. All designs can be modified to be boy or girl and have multiple pictures.
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Suggested Wording and Poems
Poem 1I carried you in hope,
the long nine months of my term,
remembered that close hour when we made you,
often felt you kick and move
as slowly you grew within me,
wondered what you would look like
when your wet head emerged,
girl or boy, and at what glad moment
I should hear your birth cry,
and I welcoming you
with all you needed of warmth and food;
we had a home waiting for you.
After my strong labourings,
sweat cooled on my limbs,
my small cries merging with the summer air,
you came. You did not cry.
You did not breathe.
We had not expected this;
it seems your birth had no meaning,
Or had you rejected us?
They will say that you did not live,
register you as stillborn.
but you lived for me all that time
in the dark chamber of my womb,
and when I think of you now,
perfect in your little death,
I know that for me you are born still;
I shall carry you with me forever,
my child, you were always mine,
you are mine now.
Death and life are the same mysteries.
-Leonard Clark-
Poem 2
"Baby Name" died when she was born,
Reminding us how briefly we are here.
Years, like minutes, cannot last for long;
A note is no less precious than a song,
Nor for her early death was she less dear.
Now what we can do for her is mourn,
As she is salient only to our tears.
Poem 3
"Baby Name" lived his life within my womb.
Though brief, it was a rich, full life and good.
Each day I told him of my love in ways
Perhaps most intimate, my silent phrase
Heard in the heart directly, blood to blood.
Each life must be redeemed within its doom,
Needing only love to make it bloom.
Poem 4
2 little hands – that will never grip
2 little legs that no longer kick
A delicate face that will never cry
And tiny hands that can’t wave goodbye
2 precious feet that will never walk
Soft, blue lips that will never talk
But a beautiful soul that has gone up above
And left me with feelings and memories of love
Poem 5
My tiny little baby, at home where you belong
I wished you could’ve been with me, too many things were wrong
I will hold you near my heart, where you will always be
But now I have to let you go - your spirit can be free
Not sorrow when I say your name, but happy thoughts and joy
‘Cause in my heart you’ll always be my special little boy
Wording 1
"Forever in our hearts"
Wording 2
"Time will heal the pain as surely as the sun follows the rain"
Wording 3
"Our treasured angel... "
Wording 4
"Baby Name" ~ With us for __ days / __ hours
__ days / __ hours since our angel grew wings...
Wording 5
HEAVEN'S NURSERY
In Heaven there must surely be
A special place, a nursery
Where ' little spirits ' not fully grown
Go to live in their Heavenly home
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