Mother’s Day Does Not Get Any Easier – And That Is Okay
15 March 2026 Today is Mother’s Day in the UK For millions of people, today will mean cards...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Ventura MBE FCIIS | Mar 15, 2026 | Blog, Francesco Enrico Ventura, Stillbirth, Support |
15 March 2026 Today is Mother’s Day in the UK For millions of people, today will mean cards...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Ventura MBE FCIIS | Feb 28, 2026 | Blog, Chromo 15 Dup Syndrome, Francesco Enrico Ventura |
Today is #RareDiseaseDay, which is an annual day that has been set up to raise awareness of rare...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Ventura MBE FCIIS | Nov 29, 2025 | Awareness Raising, Bereavement, Blog, Francesco Enrico Ventura, Grief, Keeping Going, Loss, Miscarriage, Stillbirth, Support, Surviving |
On Frankie’s 12th birthday it is very fitting that this podcast I recorded recently with the...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Ventura MBE FCIIS | Nov 28, 2025 | Articles, Bereavement, Blog, empty armed mother, Grief, Keeping Going, Loss, Stillbirth, Surviving |
My Darling Frankie, Happy 12th Birthday, my beautiful boy. It’s Saturday, 29 November 2025,...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Ventura MBE FCIIS | Nov 27, 2025 | Articles, Awareness Raising, Bereavement, Blog, Cleft Lip and Palate, empty armed mother, Francesco Enrico Ventura, Grief, Keeping Going, Loss, Miscarriage, Positivity, Stillbirth, Support, Surviving, Things I've Learnt |
Twelve years. It’s been twelve years since my Frankie entered and left this world on the...
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Frankie was a small pebble dropped into the lake of life…but his ripple will be felt forever…
My blog “Frankie’s Legacy: Love, Loss Grief & Recovery” focuses on raising awareness of early pregnancy loss, stillbirth, neonatal death, cleft lip/palate and rare chromosome disorders.
My much loved and much wanted son Francesco “Frankie” Enrico Ventura was born sleeping on 29/11/2013 and had a severe cleft lip/palate, talipes and an extremely rare chromosome disorder (chromosome 15 duplication syndrome).
This blog focuses on my journey as an empty armed mother, and about how I am surviving stillbirth, celebrating Frankie and creating his lasting legacy as best I can.
With much love,
Lisa Ventura MBE FCIIS
Frankie’s Mummy
xxxxx