Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep is an organization that is helping heartbroken parents, parting with their terminally ill children, cope with the devastating goodbye process. The company sends photographers to the families, and captures a stunning photo of remembrance – a way for the families to honor their child’s legacy. By capturing the family’s final moments together, the parents are able to take home a memory of their child that will be able to treasure forever.
Founded by Cheryl Haggard, the organization’s mission lies close to her heart. When she had to make the painful decision to take her newborn son off life support, she quickly called upon a photographer to capture those last tender moments she would share with her child. Seeing how this helped her through the grief and agony in facing her infant’s untimely death, she was inspired to help others in similar situations, and thus began Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep.
The company hopes to provide suffering parents with a free heirloom portrait to help in the healing process.
In the last ten years, the organization has accumulated over 1,650 volunteers in 40 countries around the world.
Each photo gives the family something tangible to remember their beautiful child by.
The precious mementos will last forever and eternally honor their babies, taken far too soon, but never forgotten.
