| On December 1, 1995, our first child, Daniel, was stillborn due to an umbilical |
| cord accident. The loss of our son was totally unexpected and devastating. We |
| were fortunate, however, to be given the opportunity to hold our baby and |
| admire him as other new parents do. He was perfect and looked just like |
| his father. We tried to memorize his features, knowing that it was our only |
| chance. After he was taken away, a nurse took some photos of him and gave |
| us the roll of film to be developed. We were saddened when we got the pictures |
| back and found that most of the shots were terrible; our son appeared very dark |
| and blotchy, hardly resembling the beautiful baby we remembered. Because the |
| photos were so graphic, we did not feel comfortable sharing them with friends |
| or family, even though we wanted others to see Daniel as the very real and |
| special child that he was. |
| Five years later, a member of our support group, Marty Mueller, said that the |
| photos could be improved. Marty is a professional photographer whose own son |
| was also stillborn. We never would have felt comfortable handing over our |
| precious photos to a stranger, so we were grateful to have Marty carefully |
| and lovingly retouch the photos. She was able to even out and "pink up" |
| Daniel's skin tones, giving us an image that more closely resembles the baby
we |
| remember. We are so thankful to now have more "palatable" photos of our son |
| that we can display in our home and share with others. |