Author: Frankie's Legacy

Big Me, Little Me

Posted by Frankie's Legacy | Jan 7, 2018 | Articles, Bereavement, Blog, Surviving, Things I've Learnt |

Last year I was heavily inspired by a Facebook update from one of my good friends who was a huge...

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A Letter To My Future Self – To Be Read On December 31st 2018

Posted by Frankie's Legacy | Jan 2, 2018 | Blog, Grief, Keeping Going, Positivity, Support, Surviving, Things I've Learnt |

On Monday 1 January 2018 I was browsing LinkedIn and I noticed this post from a contact I have...

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Happy New Year 2018

Posted by Frankie's Legacy | Dec 31, 2017 | Blog, Events |

Happy new year to you all, I hope that 2018 is a prosperous and happy new year for you. I’m really...

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A Review Of 2017 From An Empty Armed Mother

Posted by Frankie's Legacy | Dec 31, 2017 | Blog, empty armed mother, Francesco Enrico Ventura, Grief |

Well, here we are again at the end of a year, and so soon too. It doesn’t seem like two minutes...

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An Open Letter to the West Midlands Ambulance Service and Worcestershire Acute NHS Trust

Posted by Frankie's Legacy | Nov 5, 2017 | Articles, Awareness Raising, Diagnosis, Family, Good News, Rev'd David Southall, worcestershire royal hospital |

Dear West Midlands Ambulance Service and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Many of us have...

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Lisa Ventura MBE FCIIS – Frankie’s Mummy & Founder of Frankie’s Legacy

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

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Mother’s Day Does Not Get Any Easier – And That Is Okay
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Finding My Voice Again: Honouring Frankie As His 12th Birthday Approaches
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Dear Frankie…on your Seventh Birthday xx
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