Loving Benjamin Remembrance Photography

10/12/2026

We added more sweet butterflies this afternoon.
This butterfly garden is just so precious.
We hope to see you on Thursday evening for the Wave of Light at 7pm.

10/10/2026

The butterflies are on display!
What an honor to read all these beautiful names and hold space for all the families that submitted.
We hope to see some of you on Oct 15th for the Wave of Light at 7pm.
This will be held at Benjamin’s Butterfly Garden at 317 W 7th St. in Auburn.

10/08/2026

Last Chance to register for your butterfly!! 🦋

There are currently 245 families who have shared their baby names with us.

We will have butterflies on display in Auburn on October 10th through October 15th.
You may join us at either the Fort Wayne garden or Benjamin’s Butterfly Garden on October 15th for the world wide wave of light at 7:00pm.
You are welcome to take your butterfly at that time.
We will hold butterflies in Auburn for pick up if needed later.

Registration ⬇️⬇️⬇️

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc1hz6VlBEnNjGIFH_ESSHZx1M0_aAIwu3S0TEQ8w6DqJNX9A/viewform

10/07/2026

I picked up the first bundle of butterflies today!
I’ll grab another bundle on Friday! These will go out Friday evening 10/10 until 10/15.
Make sure to register your baby for a butterfly!

10/06/2026

We are officially ONE MONTH away from our Holiday Event Photos For A Cause Loving Benjamin's Holdiday Fundraiser!
This year we have our wonderful affiliate photographers, capturing timeless photos!
Michelle Glenn Photography And Birth Services
3:23 Photography & Birth Services
ELN Photography
These are the photographers that serve our families every time we receive a call.

We will also have Santa Stephen there to make your evening even more special! Why go to the mall and stand in line and worry if your kiddo is gonna be happy! Come get happy with a craft or some cookies and cocoa and ease into meeting Santa! Unless your like me and just LOVE santa!!

Make sure to get your family's spot reserved! Select one set or save and select all sets!!

This is going to be the best Photos For A Cause Yet!
Find the registration link in the event above or in the comments below!!

10/05/2026

Baby Jeremias, I'm not sure why sometimes a baby's name will just be on my heart. Maybe it's because doing this work we are so deeply connected. Maybe it's because your momma needs to hear your name or see your photos today. Maybe it's just because someone else needed to not feel alone. Today Jeremias, your name and story are on my heart.

July 16th, I walked into another room. A room I had no clue what I would be walking into. Other than a room with a grieving family, and a sweet boy who was born sleeping.

Your momma was sitting there waiting for us to come take your photos. When we walked into the room, I could feel the love.

You were laying so sweetly in your bassinet. Someone had dressed you and swaddled you, and I remember thinking about those clothes, that sweet little swaddle and matching hat that had sports all over it.

They had been picked out for you to come home in. And that sweet matching wooden sign saying "He's Here!" was perfect!

Now they became the first clothes you wore after you were born.

They are the clothes your momma will probably never wash, because they still smell like you. I don't blame her, we are so closely tied to scents.

Your big sister came in with all the big sister sassiness and immediately decided she was going to be the one making all of your footprint cards. She wasn't afraid, she was so proud of you. She helped Momma give you a bath and then agreed that Dad could wash your hair.

She helped put your new diaper on you, too.

Momma got you dressed, and then big sis sat down and read you that very special book. The one that's super hard to read, but it is perfect. Just like you.

Your big brother came to meet you too, and he didn't hesitate to love on you, and kiss your nose before he was off doing the next thing.

Then your grandparents came.

And your great-grandmother.

And as I look at these photos, I can't help but think about how love just keeps going and going.

It isn't held by one person.

It moves from Momma and Dad, to siblings, to grandparents, to great-grandparents.

It surrounds you.

It carries you.

It becomes part of your story.

And that four-generation photo... I just adore it.

Four generations of your family, gathered around you.

Jeremias, your life was short, but it was full of love. That's all you knew.

10/05/2026

Every month, we share the names of the babies we have had the honor of meeting.

And every time I put those names together, I am reminded of just how much is behind each one.

Sometimes people look at the numbers and think, That doesn’t seem like very many.

And honestly…

I understand why you may think that.

If you look at Loving Benjamin from the outside, you might see 44 families so far this year.

You might see a number of babies photographed.

You might see how many Comfort Care Boxes we have given out.

You might see how many families have received doula support.

Those numbers matter. We need them. They help us show where we are going and how we are growing.

But they don't tell the whole story.

Because I know what happens inside those numbers.

I know what it means when a mother who is absolutely terrified reaches for her baby. Because we have encouraged them again that they are safe to hold their baby.

I know what it means when a dad gets to hold his baby and make memories, sing a song, or even play the guitar for his son instead of leaving the hospital with only the memory of being told that his baby is gone.

I know what it means when we help a family bathe their baby, take photographs, make footprints, wrap them in a blanket and say their name, make bracelets and find the cutest headband just for their baby girl.

I know what it means when a Comfort Care Box arrives at a hospital room and a family realizes that someone thought about them before they ever walked through those doors.

I know what it means to hand a grieving father a brand new hair brush and gently ask him to help her with her hair because she is still hooked up to IV's.

I know what it means when a bereavement doula stays, because she knows the emptiness of a room when everybody leaves.

Not because there is anything she can do to make the loss go away. But because she knows even though she is surrounded with love, this is the most isolating feeling a parent can have.

Because sometimes the greatest gift we can give someone is simply not leaving them alone in it.

And I know what happens months and years later when a mother tells me that the photographs we took are some of the most important things she owns.

I read the comments that say, they could have never done this without our help.

I know the families that seek additional resources because they are not connecting with a providers recommendations for mental health therapies.

Those are the parts you can't put into a number.

You can't count the moment a mother finally feels safe enough to hold her baby.

You can't measure the importance of a photograph that will be looked at for the next 40 years.

You can't put a number on being told, “Your baby matters. We remember them too.”

So yes, we will keep sharing the names.

We will keep counting the families.

We will keep tracking the work because it matters.

But I hope you will always remember that behind every number is a baby.

Behind every baby is a family.

And behind every family is a story.

And those stories are where I believe the real impact of Loving Benjamin lives.

10/05/2026

✨ We’re looking for a Community Partner! ✨

Loving Benjamin is looking for a local business or community partner to join us for our Photos ForA Cause Holiday Fundraiser.🎄📸

This event is more than holiday photos. It helps Loving Benjamin continue providing remembrance photography, bereavement doula support, and resources to families experiencing pregnancy and infant loss.

We’re looking for a partner who believes in supporting local families and would love to be part of something meaningful this holiday season. ❤️

Could your business be that partner?
Or maybe you know someone who would be a perfect fit?

Please share this post or tag a business below that you think should see it! 👇

For more information, please reach out to Michelle through
www.lovingbenjamin.org

Sometimes a simple partnership can make a really big difference. ❤️

Also if you haven’t gotten your tickets for this amazing evening please do so soon!!

10/04/2026

Fathers, we see you. You show up everyday carrying this pain. Your grief is valid too.

Dads matter. We stand with you.

There’s a part of pregnancy loss we don’t talk about enough:

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆, 𝘁𝗼𝗼.

Kyler and I unfortunately know loss. We’ve lost three of our own.

My body was the one going through it. My hormones. My appointments. My perimenopause starting at 25. The testing, the questions, the physical reminders that something had gone wrong.

So naturally, people looked at me.

They checked on me.
They hugged me.
They asked Kyler how 𝗜 was doing.

And I understand why.

But looking back, there was a man standing beside me who had lost something too.

𝗛𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗮 𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆.
𝗛𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘁.

That is its own kind of heartbreak.

Because dads often get handed a job before they ever get handed room to grieve.

Drive her home.
Hold her.
Take care of the other kids.
Remember what the doctor said because she can barely hear it.
Answer the texts.
Be steady.
Be strong.

And somewhere inside all that strength is a father who had already started imagining a life that suddenly isn’t coming.

Maybe he pictured teaching them to fish.

Maybe he wondered whose eyes they would have.

Maybe he calculated the due date in his head.

Maybe he never said any of it out loud.

𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳.

A father doesn’t have to carry a baby in his body to have carried that baby in his plans, his prayers, his imagination and his heart.

And sometimes while everyone is asking him to hold her together, nobody notices he’s trying not to fall apart himself.

So during Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, yes, check on the mama.

Please check on the dad standing beside her, too.

𝗛𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 “𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘆.”
𝗛𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆.

10/03/2026

Stop by our table at Walk to Remember, Inc. today and register for Photos For A Cause and The Butterfly Gardens!!
What a beautiful day to honor so many who live in our hearts!