Mail for memories

"The A&E and midwives in Oban were fantastic but you don’t have the access to the same services as you get in Glasgow. it was a traumatic experience. I took three months off work after, as a social worker for adults with learning difficulties. how could I do my job and support them when I was needing support myself. I was strugglingwith grief, it was overwhelming, two fold, the loss of a baby and the trauma of the loss of a baby."

Laura is now paid as a MIS worker for Oban, five hours a week, she hopes to build more connections in the town and the area to make sure those who need support get it - she has already built links with HomeStart and at the Oban Toy Cupboard. Midwives in Oban have a supply of the charity’s memory boxes and she has given a presentation to the town’s community mental health team to spread the word of what the charity can offer.

The new mailbox should arrive at Dunollie in time for Anam Cara Fasgadh’s next butterfly release at the Tranquility garden on may 30. this year the charity is funding the butterflies for families. Information can be found on its Facebook page and website.

A supply of paper, envelopes and pens will be left next to the mailbox and when it is full, it will be emptied and the paper planted so wildflowers can grow from the messages. MIS Miscarriage Support already has a postbox in Aberdeen which needs to be empties and messages planted often.

Laura and Susan hope the Oban box will be as helpful.

You can find out more about Mis Oban & Surrounding Areas on facebook and can get in touch with Laura by emailing oban@mis-support.org.uk

It is hoped that pupils from Oban High School will get involved in making planters for the area.