Prayer Flags on Remembrance beach

I am taking part in the prayer flag initiative over at http://carlymarieprojectheal.com/2012/08/october-15th-beach-prayer-flag-project.html. 

These were the requirements : 

Honour your babies and children and create something beautiful for them! I have a Pin Boardwith all different images of flags to get you thinking about what sort of flag you would like to make. You may want to use your flag to write your child a letter. You may simply want to have their name and special date. You could include a symbol that reminds you of them, like a bird or butterfly. You could choose any sort of material. You could use water colour paint, fabric paint or pens. You could add beads and buttons. The design possibilities are endless. If you are unsure on how to make a prayer flag just google prayer flag making tutorials!
We would love it if you could include your child’s name somewhere within the flag but please, do not stress if you did not give your baby a name. All that matters is that your create this flag with all the love that you have for your child. We will of course be taking photos of the end display for you all to see. Depending on how many flags are sent in we hope to have them all individually photographed and put into an online gallery.

I decided on embroidering a phoenix on one, with little bells down the side to whisper in the wind, I painted his name on another, and the long time sun song on another. I used fabric from the Sunflower Foundation childhood cancer bandanas, and strung them together with the Childhood Leukemia supporters ribbon.

So, I will be sending my parcel of tomorrow, for my prayer flags for Joaquim to be added to a stream of others, to be hung on remembrance beach in Australia on October 15th. This was a very exciting project, and as I was stuck in bed anyway, it gave me a wonderful creative outlet for expression and healing.