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Beebe Healthcare holds Walk to Remember at Blockhouse Pond

Dennis, left, and Morgan Edgar toss a flower for their son, Waylon, who died in September after just seven days of life. DAN COOK PHOTOS
Dan Cook
October 17, 2023

Beebe Healthcare’s Perinatal Loss Support Services hosted the 19th annual Walk to Remember Oct. 8 at Blockhouse Pond in Lewes’ George H.P. Smith Park.

Similar walks are held around the country, but Beebe Healthcare’s is the only one in Delaware specifically to commemorate pregnancy and infant loss. The Walk to Remember is held annually to recognize pregnancy loss, allowing parents, their friends, families and other supporters an opportunity to remember babies who died during pregnancy or after birth.

The event was a half-mile walk around Blockhouse Pond, and afterwards, the group held a memorial service where flowers representing the parents, loved ones and babies were tossed into the pond. A butterfly release was held after the service.

The walks are held each fall in honor of October’s designation as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month.

 

Liam Adams tosses a flower into Blockhouse Pond in remembrance of his siblings as a symbol of their lives.
Ashley Collins and her son Malachi share a hug during the service.
The Rev. Keith Goheen leads the memorial service.
Terri Wyatt, retired Beebe Healthcare pregnancy loss grief counselor, welcomes the attendees to the walk and tells of the importance of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month.
John Collins helps his daughter Topanga throw a flower to remember the loss of her unborn sister as her brother Malachi and her mother Ashley look on.
The walk proceeded around Blockhouse Pond in Lewes’ George H.P. Smith Park.
Laura Smith and therapy dog Sir read “I Walk to Remember” by Kathie Mayo.
Staci, right, and Lindsey Wyatt-Williams toss flowers of remembrance.
Malachi Collins frees a butterfly of remembrance.
Terri Wyatt, left, and Katie McQuaid toss a bouquet to remember all perinatal losses.
Walking to remember are (l-r) JJ, Rory, Katie and Shawn McQuaid.
JJ McQuaid sets a butterfly free during the post-service release.
A bouquet floats to remember all perinatal losses.

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Dan has worked for the Cape Gazette for more than 30 years as a photographer and reporter, covering high school sports and happenings around eastern Sussex County. He won a photography award from the National Newspaper Association, and numerous awards from the Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Press Association. A Delaware native, Dan graduated from Cape in 1972 and returned as a teacher and coach in the 1980s. He retired from the classroom in 2016. He was inducted into Cape High’s Legends Stadium in 2016. In his spare time, Dan enjoys spending time with his wife, two sons, grandchildren and dogs. 

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