Elysia Davies

Running for Otto.

Seven years ago, our lives changed forever when we lost our baby, Otto.

Seven years have passed, but there are some things that time simply doesn’t take away. Otto will always be part of our family, part of our story, and someone we will always carry with us.

This Baby Loss Awareness Week, Hudson and I are doing something special in his memory. Together, we are going to run to raise money for Sands – the stillbirth and neonatal death charity.

Every 5K we can manage will be for Otto. 🤍

There is something particularly special about doing this alongside Hudson. Running together, remembering his little brother and turning something painful into something positive means more to me than I can put into words.

Baby loss is something nobody ever imagines will become part of their story. Until it happens to you, it is impossible to understand the hole it leaves behind. You don’t just grieve the baby you lost, you grieve all the moments you thought you would have. Years later, you still wonder who they would have been.

That is why charities like Sands are so incredibly important. The work they do gives families somewhere to turn during some of the darkest days of their lives and helps ensure that babies like Otto are remembered…

We’ll be running for an incredible charity.

We’ll be running for every family who has had to leave hospital without their baby.

We’ll be running for the brothers and sisters who grow up knowing there should have been someone else beside them.

For Otto ❤️