Author: Frankie's Legacy

Happy New Year :) xxx

Happy new year to everyone who has followed Frankie’s journey on this blog, who have sent us messages of support and who have said to us we have been an inspiration to them.  We are truly humbled by the amount of support...

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Memory Candles

Last night myself, my husband and my best friend lit memory candles in Frankie’s room to mark Christmas Eve: It still hasn’t fully sunk in that Frankie is in heaven with all the other angels.  It just doesn’t...

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Lisa Ventura – Frankie’s Mum & 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.

We Are Still Mothers