No one understands the connection between a house and a family better than home builders. They know it is the family that ultimately turns their masterpiece into a home. This is why this year the Iron County Home Builders Association (ICHBA) decided to support a cause that champions families and their joys and struggles at the Benefit Breakfast on Saturday, April 27th at their Spring Home and Garden Fair.
All of the proceeds from the Benefit Breakfast will be split between Kylee and Chaisson Low and the organization SHARE Pregnancy and Infant Loss, Inc. ?The Lows are a local couple looking to adopt after experiencing the loss of their infant son, Clutch. The couple has worked with the local chapter of SHARE and knows firsthand the gift of support that comes from such an organization. Kylee and Chaisson were Cedar City high school sweethearts, and she is currently a full-time hairstylist, and he is a full time student at Southern Utah University majoring in Biology. They love Southern Utah and spend time exploring the great outdoors, hiking and camping with their families. They are huge baseball fans, and Chaisson is currently the assistant baseball coach at Cedar High School. ?Although they live what Kylee calls a ?blessed life?, they are looking to grow their family. Their story includes struggle, joy, loss, and hope, as told on their blog www.candkadopt.blogspot.com
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?We feel like our journey to adoption is one a little different than most. It started when we got married, we had talked many times about adopting in the future, we loved the idea of it. After 2 years of trying to become pregnant and about a year of failed fertility treatments, we found out we were expecting! This came as a shock to both of us, as we had almost lost all hope of starting our family. Pregnancy was wonderful and we cherished every little moment of it!
On a Wednesday in the first week of June at 39 weeks and 4 days pregnant we went to the Hospital to meet our little miracle. After labor had started, the baby?s heartbeat was dropping with every contraction. The doctors rushed Kylee back into the O.R. for an emergency C-section. Our son, Clutch, did not return out of the O.R. with Kylee. He had a tight knot in his cord, the tightest the doctors had seen. The medical team worked on him for an hour with no luck. This wasn?t our plan. You never plan on losing a child or leaving the hospital empty handed, but that is what was given to us. We spent 16 beautiful hours with our son, taking pictures with our minds of every little detail so we wouldn?t forget. His hair, the way he smelled, his dimpled fingers, chubby cheeks, and pouted lips. This was the most spiritual experience we believe we will ever have in our lives. We knew without a doubt that he was there with us in that hospital room, wrapping his arms around us and wiping our tears.
After this experience, and a difficult time becoming pregnant once again we knew this was it, adoption was our answer. All of those conversations we had in the past came flooding back into our minds. We didn?t see adoption as our last resort to start our family, but our first choice and only God knows why. So, here we are on the amazing adoption journey looking for that special Mother and Child who are meant to be a part of us forever. Because of our loss and our infertility struggles, we do not take life lightly. We cherish every little moment.?
The Lows have worked closely with SHARE over the past year as they have coped with the loss of their infant son. They feel deep gratitude for the organization?s role in their lives, says Kylee, ?The SHARE organization has helped aid in our healing since the loss of our son in June 2012. In the hospital we received compassionate care from SHARE members, including professional pictures taken of our son which we cherish. Since then, I have been able to attend monthly meetings with other bereaved mothers, attend an annual ?Day of Remembrance? and serve other families who have lost a baby in this last year. SHARE has been such a blessing in our lives and has given us so much strength to know we are not alone in this.?
According to SHARE, ?The mission of SHARE Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support, Inc. is to serve those whose lives are touched by the tragic death of a baby through pregnancy loss, stillbirth or in the first few months of life. The money earned from the ICHBA benefit breakfast will go to help SHARE provide free resources to bereaved parents and their loved ones. SHARE helps more than 20,000 families throughout the world each year and is known as the first point of contact for those experiencing pregnancy or infant loss. They receive 10,800 phone calls for support and referrals annually, distribute over 5,000 resource packets a year to bereaved parents in all parts of the world and they provide partnering hospitals like Valley View Medical Center with grief resource packets in the mother/baby units, emergency rooms and outpatient surgery centers.
The Benefit Breakfast will be held on Saturday, April 27, 8am?9am, at the ICHBA?s Spring Home and Garden Fair in the SUU Sharwan Smith Center that weekend. In partnership with generous sponsors, Cedar City Institute of Women?s Health, Recycled Consign and Design and Funder Welding and Design, all proceeds will go to the National SHARE?Organization and the Low family.
For additional information about the Benefit Breakfast, or to make a donation in advance, contact the ICHBA office at 435-865-1113 or email director@ichba.org. To learn more about Kyle and Chaisson Low visit: www.candkadopt.blogspot.com or http://www.clutchdlow.blogspot.com/.
Source: http://aliveutah.com/benefit-breakfast-for-local-family-pregnancy-and-infant-loss-charity/
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