destiny dawn ackroyd

tomorrow is my younger sisters birthday. her name is destiny dawn ackroyd. she was a stillborn baby. that means she died before she was born. she died at 25 weeks.
here is something i wrote for the funeral-

Destiny Dawn Ackroyd was born silently on
November 6, 2007 1:00 am


Her Journey's Just Begun
By E. Brenneman
Don't think of her as gone away--
her journey's just begun,
life holds so many facets--
this earth is only one...
Just think of her as resting
from the sorrows and the tears
in a place of warmth and comfort
where there are not days and years.
Think how she must be wishing
that we could know today
how nothing but our sadness
can really pass away.
And think of her as living
in the hearts of those she touched...
for nothing loved is ever lost--
and she was loved so much.


On Sunday I had a bad feeling that my mom wasn’t safe. I thought it was just the movie I was watching – but it wasn’t. It was the Holy Ghost speaking to me. My mom didn’t tell me, but she was worried too. So we decided to go to the doctor because she hadn’t felt the baby move for a few days. I felt sick in my stomach and extra sad when the doctor at the hospital said there was no heartbeat and the baby had died.

After she was born Peirce and I both got to hold her for a few minutes. She was really cute. She was smaller than a doll and her head was about as big as my fist. Her nose was like mine and she had eyelashes like Peirce’s – really long.

I was really looking forward to being a big sister to her. But I guess I will have to wait until we’re together again. I know that I will see her again because our family is sealed in the temple. My mom always said she was a really good one. I guess she only had to come to earth to get her body.


for her birth day we will go to the grave. I want everyone to know that this was sad but i believe in christs' atoning death. i know that because my family is sealed in the temple of the church if Jesus Christ of latter day saints, i can return to live with her in heaven. please visit www.lds.org for more info.

see you next time,
sincerely,
jill ackroyd.