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107 Trudell Bay

Winnipeg MB

R2C4X6

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CONTACT US

Winnipeg Manitoba,
107 Trudell Bay R2C4X6
204-232-7831
info@lighttheshadows.ca

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'To those of you who roll your eyes and say we bar

'To those of you who roll your eyes and say we barely had them at all, how could we miss them so much, in our hearts we have seen them live a thousand times. We have seen their first steps, first day of school, their weddings, and their children. We have had them forever in our minds.'⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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We and our LTS families are so grateful to the hos

We and our LTS families are so grateful to the hospital staff.... they're your advocates, your helpers, and your healers when you're in a time of need. I can't begin to tell you the incredibly positive feedback we receive from the hospital staff about our organization and the work our volunteers do. They are our main contacts when we get calls and if they didn't believe in LTS and the importance we wouldn't be getting so many calls and encouragement from the nurses. For them, we are so thankful! They really are looking out for their patients in all ways possible, this includes their long term healing and the capturing of memories of their child when there is loss.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Did you know that stillbirths occur in 7 of every

Did you know that stillbirths occur in 7 of every 1000 births in Canada? This doesn't include infants who've been diagnosed with a life limiting illness or facing imminent death. Having said that, it means you know someone who has been affected by the loss of a child. At Light the Shadows, we hope to offer free photography services to as many families who need it as possible.... and now you know, there are many.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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For most of the volunteer photographers at Light t

For most of the volunteer photographers at Light the Shadows, there's a personal story behind their reason for wanting to get involved with the work that LTS does. For Melanie, founder of LTS, it started with a photography session for a family near and dear to her heart. In her own words:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
"I had done newborn photos for a friend and his family and shortly after I took their photos, I learned that he was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer of the liver. Immediately I reached out and asked if I could come back to do more family photos for them, knowing that soon they would be cherished in ways I couldn't understand. I was able to meet with them again and did another set of family photos shortly before he passed. I remember sending the gallery off to his wife and telling her to wait till she saw him so they could look through them together, she sent me a photo of them looking through them... that put a smile on my face."⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
The value of photography, especially in the face of loss, is immeasurable. For the volunteers at Light the Shadows, their understanding of this value is what drives them to give of their time so that other families in extremely difficult life situations can also receive the gift of captured memories.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Light the Shadows started by Melanie Reimer, becau

Our volunteers are the heart of our organization,

Our volunteers are the heart of our organization, so for that reason we'd love to introduce them to you here on IG. Today we start with Melanie Reimer, founder of LTS:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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"I've been doing volunteer photography since 2015, it is so rewarding being able to gift the families and to use my photography skills that I've spent so much time perfecting. I remember my first ever session, I expected to be overcome with emotions and the family to be taken with their grief. I was very wrong though, they were sad, yes, but so thankful that I could be there. Since then I've had this same experience for most of the sessions I go to, sadness, but thankfulness and a huge appreciation for the gift being given to them. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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For us it's so much more than just the offering of our talent for photos, 90% of the sessions we do are on call. They're sessions we need to drop everything and run to. Often this means we need to find childcare, if we're out we need to go back home to get our equipment, and to check ourselves mentally after the session. Someone told me once that she was never issued a birth certificate for her baby who she went to the hospital to deliver and left without. All she had was the photos that I had taken of her child, and a blanket the hospital gave her that they'd wrapped her baby in. The one simple, small, fairly effortless thing that I could do for them would be one of the most cherished things of this family for the rest of their lives. Their only memories of their baby from here on out would be from their mind, eventually, as time went the smallest details would fade away and the one thing that would remind them, bring them back to holding their baby would be the very photos that I took for them. This.... this is an indescribable feeling. What I feel when I do family sessions is the hope that I can truly capture their child to the absolute best of my ability, that they may never forget him or her. That this may be in some way or another.... their birth certificate."

We do not grieve without first loving. We do not l

We do not grieve without first loving. We do not love without first gaining more than we could ever lose. •⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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'Never fear shadows, they simply mean there's a li

'Never fear shadows, they simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby.' --Ruth Renkel •⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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We've been working in the new Women's Hospital her

We've been working in the new Women's Hospital here in Winnipeg, and what can we say other than this facility is so beautiful. The family-oriented rooms are incredible. •⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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