Parents who have suffered a stillbirth or miscarriage can use this sample goodbye letter when crafting their own farewell to the infant.
Dear {Recipient},
Perhaps the hardest thing about losing you was that no one else knew how incredibly special you already were, even at only {number} weeks old. Sometimes I feel like only I am aware how much the world was robbed, of how much it lost out on.
I was the only one who ever felt you turn and squirm like a surprised fish in my belly. I made room for you in my body, in my heart and in my soul. I loved you from the moment I knew you were there. I would have given all of me to keep you strong and healthy and happy.
It isn't fair that you never got that from me. It isn't fair that I never got to hold you in my arms and look into your beautiful eyes. I'm tortured sometimes by the thought of how you would have looked. Would you have had my nose? Your father's mouth? Your grandpa's lack of hair? I can't even picture what you would have looked like, so every baby I see reminds me of what you might have been.
I want you to know that you didn't have to be born to be loved or remembered. I had the privilege of carrying you within me for {amount of time} and I will continue carrying you with me for the rest of my life.
Love, forever and always,
{Sender}
