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We named our son Vishaal; meaning Infinite. Whilst we only had Vishaal on earth with us for one day, he is infinite, as is the love that anyone who has lost a child will testify to. As time passed it saddened me to see how quickly we were expected to move on and how nobody wanted to speak of our loss. We lost our son, and in that loss, we were stripped of the most precious title…Ma and Papa. We were caught in this tsunami from which everybody seemed to be moving to shore yet try as we might we continued to move backwards.
We were constantly told it was time to move on, get over it as you will have another one. I wanted to know how we were expected to move on; the truth was my son had been taken from us yet he was our life and lived within our every movement and heartbeat. I found it so difficult that we and others like us had to come to terms with the loss of our baby without having any means to honour the life that was. It is this thought that led me to form the annual ‘Little Angels Memorial Service’ and thereafter a charitable trust called ‘The Vishaal Foundation’.
Through the unwavering support of E Sargeant & Son Funeral Directors and Slough Borough Council, as well as the many other partners who have helped us along the way, ‘The Vishaal Foundation’ has held several interfaith remembrance events. Our aim is simply to acknowledge the existence of our angels. We help to reduce the emotional distress of those who have experienced untimely loss in respect of the short-lived life of an infant or child due to miscarriage, neonatal death, or other tragic causes and circumstances by offering genuine understanding, support and sign-posting where appropriate.
Through the unwavering support of E Sargeant & Son Funeral Directors and Slough Borough Council, as well as the many other partners who have helped us along the way, ‘The Vishaal Foundation’ has held several interfaith remembrance events. Our aim is simply to acknowledge the existence of our angels. We help to reduce the emotional distress of those who have experienced untimely loss in respect of the short-lived life of an infant or child due to miscarriage, neonatal death, or other tragic causes and circumstances by offering genuine understanding, support and sign-posting where appropriate.