Do They Deserve it?

If you are a regular reader of my blog you know that in 1999 I lost my son Jakob to what they think was an umbilical cord accident. MY son was born still on September 23, 1999 at 41 weeks gestation. He was perfect just not breathing. My husband and I grieved and prayed for relief from our pain. Just as we were settling into what had become our new idea of life we get a package in the mail. I open the envelope and much to my surprise is my son's death certificate. Now the reason this is a surprise is because I asked about a birth certificate and was told you don't get one!! According to the law my son was never alive. Well in my world never alive meant he could never die, but guess what he did and now I have the official paper with the seal of the state of Florida on it to prove it. I struggled with this nonsense for a long time until I heard about a small but determined group of parents that were getting what was owed to them and their babies "dignity". This group has grown a lot in the past six years and has accomplished many great things in many states but they are still working on getting birth certificates issued for past and future births resulting in still birth in many states. The reason I am typing this post is to hopefully inform more people and in turn those people will visit the missing angels web site and get proactive. If not for me may for the 26,000 thousand families that will receive a death certificate this year for a baby that was in the laws eyes never even born. I did not type this post for pity or for sorrow. So please go over and visit the site and see if there is anything you can do to help out where you live.