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On October 20, 2026, Bridget’s Cradles hosted our annual Wave of Light candlelight vigil at Beech Lake in Wichita, Kansas, honoring babies in Heaven through an evening of remembrance, worship, and hope.

This special bonus episode of the Cradled in Hope Podcast shares the event program, including testimonies, worship, and the reading of babies’ names in Heaven.

Under this year’s theme, Heaven Is Our Home, we celebrated the beautiful promise that through faith in Jesus, we will one day be reunited with our precious babies in Heaven.
In this episode, we shared:

• Opening remarks from emcee Scott Evans and a prayer by Andrew Musgrave of Equity Bank Trust and Wealth Management, our 2026 Presenting Sponsor.
• Recognition of our Shine Their Light fundraising families, including Kendall and Kylee Eden, recipients of the 2026 Shine Their Light Award, who shared their story of losing their daughter, Junie Bea, and honoring her legacy.
• Ashley’s message, “Heaven Is Our Home,” exploring how music can help us process grief, find healing, and worship God even in our deepest sorrow.
• A special performance by bereaved dad James Shove of his original song, Jealous That Heaven’s Your Home, written in memory of his son, Phoenix.
• Worship led by Nate Johnson of Christ Church, including I Can Only Imagine and Sunday Is Coming, with Ashley making her drumming debut in honor of her dad.
• The Reading of Names of Babies in Heaven, honoring the precious babies whose families attended or sponsored the 2026 event.

This episode captures a sacred evening of remembering our babies, celebrating their lives, and finding hope in the promise of eternity.

Though our hearts ache for our babies here on earth, we have the hope of Heaven—where death is defeated, tears are wiped away, and we will be together again with Jesus forever.

Heaven Is Our Home.

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Full transcript below.

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EPISODE TRANSCRIPT: Wave of Light 2026 Bonus Episode

Ashley Opliger: [00:00:00] You’re listening to the Cradled in Hope Podcast. I’m your host, Ashley Opliger. I’m a wife, mom, and follower of Christ who founded Bridget’s Cradles, a ministry in memory of my daughter, Bridget, who was stillborn at 24 weeks. Our nonprofit donates knit and crocheted cradles to hospitals in all fifty states to hold babies born into Heaven.

I’m also the author of the book Cradled in Hope, a biblical guide for moms grieving miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant loss. This podcast shares the same name—and the same heart—as the book: to help you find the comfort, compassion, and healing of Jesus in the midst of deep sorrow.

Rooted in the hope of the Gospel, this podcast is a sacred space for your broken heart to land. Here, we are going to trust God’s promise to heal our hearts, restore our joy, and use our grief for good. With faith in Jesus and eyes fixed on Heaven, we do not have to grieve without hope. We believe that Jesus cradles us in hope while He cradles our babies in Heaven. 

Welcome to the Cradled in Hope Podcast.

Ashley Opliger: [00:01:03] Welcome to the special bonus episode for Wave of Light 2026. On October 20th, Bridget’s Cradles hosted our annual community candlelight vigil at Beech Lake in Wichita, Kansas, in memory of our babies in Heaven. Due to the weather, we had to postpone the event from the original date, October 15th, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, and we are so grateful for everyone’s flexibility and understanding.

[00:01:27] It was such a blessing to meet and hug so many of you and walk together through more than 50,000 twinkling pink, blue, and white lights shining in remembrance of our babies in Heaven. Whether you joined us in Wichita or participated from afar with a candle burning bright for your baby, please know that we were praying for you and remembering your babies alongside you. It was a sacred evening of remembrance, worship, and celebrating the hope we have of seeing our babies again through faith in Jesus. 

In this episode, we’ll share the event program and the reading of the names of babies in Heaven whose families attended or sponsored the event. You’ll hear opening remarks from our emcee, Scott Evans, and an opening prayer from Andrew Musgrave of Equity Bank Trust and Wealth Management, our 2026 presenting sponsor.

[00:02:12] We’ll also share a special song performed by James Shove called Jealous That Heaven’s Your Home, as well as worship led by Nate Johnson, and my message, Heaven is Our Home, about the hope of eternity and the gift of music. You’ll also hear from Kendall and Kylee Eden, winners of the 2026 Shine Their Light Award, as they share their story and the beautiful ways they continue to honor their daughter, Junie B, and shine her light in the world.

[00:02:37] Before we begin, I’d love for you to hear a few words from Andrew Musgrave, representing our presenting sponsor, Equity Bank Trust and Wealth Management, whose generous support helped make this special evening possible.

Andrew Musgrave: [00:02:50] Every light represents a life, a love, and a memory that will never fade. Equity Bank Trust and Wealth Management is honored to be the presenting sponsor of the 2026 Wave of Light, supporting Bridget’s Cradles and bringing hope and comfort to families grieving the loss of a baby.

[00:03:05] At Equity Bank Trust and Wealth, caring for families goes beyond finances. It means standing beside you through every season of life with guidance, compassion, and a plan for what matters most. You are not alone. Equity Bank Trust and Wealth Management, proud to help shine a light on hope.

Scott Evans: [00:03:24] It’s a beautiful evening, and thank you for coming tonight. My name is Scott Evans. I’ve had the honor of being the emcee for this event for several years now, and I’m grateful to Ashley and Matt and everyone with Bridget’s Cradles for the opportunity to be able to do this. I met Ashley years ago, back when I was in a previous career, and fell in love with the organization and what it stands for.

[00:03:54] I have a sister who passed away at a month old back in 2001, and I was late teens, 18, 19. I’m not sure how old I was. I’d have to do the math. I don’t even know how old I am now. But that had a huge impact on me as a sibling, but the impact it had on my parents was huge. And if anybody were to understand that feeling, it would be this group here this evening.

[00:04:30] And when I found out what Bridget’s Cradles does, not only in the moment of grief, but what it offers in support in the days, weeks, months, years after, made me want to support and get involved. And so organizations I’ve been involved with in the past have been able to sponsor at various levels this good cause.

[00:04:54] So, without further ado, we’d like to get this evening going. We want to thank our presenting sponsor tonight at this year’s Wave of Light, Equity Bank Trust and Wealth Management, and invite Andrew Musgrave to the stage to lead us in prayer. Andrew.

Andrew Musgrave: [00:05:13] Let’s pray. 

Father, we love You, and we thank You for the beautiful evening You’ve given us to get together. Thank You for Your love for each one of us. Thank You for each family that is represented here. 

Lord Jesus, I pray that Your blessing would be upon this evening and that everything that is said and done would bring glory and honor to You. 

Thank You that we have hope of seeing our children that have gone to Heaven before us through Jesus Christ. Thank You for all that You do in our lives, and thank You for bringing us all together in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

Scott Evans: [00:05:45] Thank you, Andrew. Also, thank you to all of you. I know this was scheduled for last week. The rain was not going to be conducive to parking or sitting, and so thank you for adjusting your schedules and making time to attend this evening.

[00:06:07] Like to turn the stage over to Ashley Opliger, Bridget’s mom.

Ashley Opliger: [00:06:15] Hello and welcome to Wave of Light 2026. We’re so grateful for the weather. It sprinkled a little bit when it first started, and we were like, “Oh, that’s ironic,” that we rescheduled because of rain, but I think we’re going to have a clear night the rest of the night. We’re so blessed that we could reschedule, that all of our vendors were flexible with us, that we could have a night to honor our babies. So thank you for being here. Thank you for being flexible with us. We’re very grateful. 

I have several people I want to thank, because we could not do this event without many, many people that support it. First of all, Dave and Janet Murfin. They’re the ones that own this land. We’ve been able to do this event here six years now, and it’s been such a blessing. As you can imagine, just having this lake and all the setup, it’s a perfect spot for us to host Wave of Light, and we’re very thankful to Dave and Janet. 

[00:07:06] Also, on the screen you’ll see our sponsors for this evening. There are many companies in Wichita that support our mission of comforting grieving families, and we want to say thank you to them. So you’ll see them on the screen. They’re in your programs that are in your registration bags, and then you’ll also see them on our shirts and the banners. And so just take a moment to look at all of those companies, because they’re amazing and we couldn’t do it without them.

[00:07:44] I also want to mention that during this month, October, which is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, we are hosting a fundraiser called Shine Their Light. And this fundraiser actually funds our budget for most of the year. 

So this is what allows us to send cradles to hospitals in all 50 states, have our Christ-centered support groups online and in person, and host events like this. And so this fundraiser is very important to be able to do all the things that we do.

[00:08:05] We set a goal of $75,000, and we’ve raised $39,000 so far, so we’re at 52%. We have about 11 days left in the month and $36,000 left to go. Every dollar makes a difference. Every dollar will go to comforting a grieving family, and there’s many ways if you feel led to give. We’ve got QR codes on the screen. There’s information in your registration bags. And then we also have, over behind the black tent, a Remembrance Wall for candles that you can sponsor for $25 each. 

As part of the Shine Their Light fundraiser, we also have different families that will fundraise in memory of their own babies, and I want to thank those families.

[00:08:51] The first is my own family, who raised over $8,800 in memory of my dad and daughter, Bridget. And I also want to thank Jake and Casey Siegrest right here. They’re board members, and they raised over $7,200 in memory of their son, Jack Monroe Siegrest. I also want to thank Steve and Hillary Price-Coulter. They donated $5,000 in memory of their daughter, Eva Grace Price-Coulter, and her siblings, and Gammy in Heaven.

[00:09:23] We also want to recognize the family who fundraised the most, excluding our board members. And so this year, I’m honored to give the Shine Their Light Award to Kendall and Kylee Eden. And they’re going to come up on the stage, but they raised over $1,400 in memory of their daughter, Junie Bea. And I’m going to present the Shine Their Light Award to them. They’ll share a little bit about Junie.

Kylee Eden: [00:09:51] Hi, I’m Kylee Eden, and this is my husband, Kendall. We are the parents of Junie Bea Eden. She was born to Heaven on September 4th of last year. She was 32 weeks. Because she was 18 inches when she was born, we were gifted a memory keepsake at the hospital. At the time, we didn’t know what the memory keepsake meant or anything about Bridget’s Cradles.

[00:10:15] But I had a lovely friend whose baby is being honored here today as well, gift me Ashley’s book, Cradled in Hope. And as we went through each chapter of the book together, I learned more and more about Bridget’s Cradles and the ministry that it has for families that have gone through similar things that we have gone through.

[00:10:34] Being able to raise the money for this ministry meant a lot, not only to Kendall and I, but also to our families and the community that surrounded us as we lost Junie last year. Not only was this a way for us to continue to honor Junie, but we also understand the impact that it has on families who received a cradle or a memory keepsake in honor of their babies in Heaven, and we’ll be forever grateful for Bridget’s Cradles and the community that we were gifted with as what we’ve gone through.

Kendall Eden: [00:11:01] There’s not a day that goes by, just like many of you out there, that I don’t think of my daughter dancing in Heaven with Jesus, and that’s what gets me through each day. In Matthew 19, Jesus says, “Let the little children come to Me and do not hinder them, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these.”

[00:11:20] And that’s why we’re here, to praise Jesus and give Him glory. Because of what He did on the cross, we have hope that we get to see our little ones again. And so thank you for being here, and we pray that this will give you encouragement too, that we don’t have to be mournful and grieve. There’ll be a day that we’re celebrating and holding our little ones. Thank you.

Ashley Opliger: [00:11:42] Thank you, Kylee and Kendall. 

Tonight, our theme is Heaven is Our Home. You’ll see it on our shirts and the apparel, and you probably saw that we released a song with those lyrics, and we’re going to share about that in just a minute. But when you hear those words, Heaven is our home, it takes on a different meaning when you have someone that you love Like all of us, our babies are in Heaven.

[00:12:06] And it just takes on a new meaning. Heaven is no longer just a place that you read about in Scripture, or you just think about when you’re worshiping. It becomes a real place because it’s very personal to you because part of your heart is already there. 

Tonight, we are remembering our babies in so many beautiful ways, by reading their names, through the lights and lanterns, through sharing their stories with each other, and through music.

[00:12:33] And I think music is one of the greatest gifts God has given us in grief. There are emotions that words alone cannot express, but somehow a song can reach into those deep places. Music can give language to our sorrow. It can bring back a memory in an instant. It can help us cry, it can help us heal, and sometimes it can help us worship when we don’t even know what to pray.

[00:12:59] Tonight, you’re going to hear a song by a grieving dad named James, and he’s going to sing this song that he wrote in memory of his son, Phoenix, called Jealous That Heaven’s Your Home. 

[00:13:10] When he and his wife, Emily, sent this song to me, just over text, I just thought it was so beautiful. They didn’t send it to me thinking that I was going to end up wanting to produce it and publish it. They just wanted me to hear the words, and I resonated so deeply with the lyrics, the longing for Heaven and the hope of knowing that we will be reunited with our babies there one day. 

I also loved that James took his grief and created something beautiful from it, something that now allows other people to remember, grieve, and hope alongside him.

[00:13:46] Music has become part of my grief story, too. Two years ago, my dad was killed by a drunk driver. For the first several months, I cried every single night, sometimes for hours. I didn’t know what to do with myself. Of course, I knew I had God and His Word, but my body and my mind needed somewhere for all of that grief to go.

[00:14:11] My dad was a guitarist and loved music, and so naturally, I connected to his memory through music. After his death, we found envelopes in his safe for each of us three kids with a letter and a personalized playlist of songs. In his letter, he wrote, “I believe that music is a great gift from God. It has the ability to soothe you or bring you to tears, and every emotion in between.”

[00:14:36] And I couldn’t agree more. So I started to learn how to play the drums. I bought my first electronic drum kit two years ago and started taking lessons at the age of 37. Yes, a 37-year-old mom playing the drums. And honestly, I thought I was too old to learn a new instrument, but those drums became an integral part of my healing.

[00:15:00] Because one of the hard things about loss is that eventually life moves on for everybody else around you. Grief can be so lonely and isolating, and I know everyone here knows exactly what that feels like. And on the nights when I felt alone in my grief, my drum kit was there, waiting for me to sit down and play.

[00:15:20] When I didn’t know what to do with my sadness, I could play. And when I was angry, I could play. When my mind wouldn’t stop ruminating on the trauma of what happened, I could sit behind my kit, and it would give my brain and my body something to focus on. There was something so therapeutic about the movement and coordination, the constant left and right, hands and feet forcing my brain to concentrate on what was happening right in front of me.

[00:15:45] And it was hard and continues to be hard. There were times I was convinced I would not be able to get my limbs to work independently and be able to play the songs I wanted to play. And then I would practice and practice and practice some more, and eventually something that felt impossible would become possible.

[00:16:04] And don’t we all feel that way about grief? At first it feels impossible, like there’s no way you will ever survive it. But over time, we find ourselves healing and growing as God stretches and refines us, and one day we are smiling and living again, not because we stop missing our babies, but because we found a way to channel our grief forward.

[00:16:28] That’s because grief is really just love, and love is powerful. While we would have never chosen to experience loss, the love we gained can shape us into a version of ourselves we never knew existed. Through God’s grace, the love underneath our grief can also propel us forward and change the world for the better.

[00:16:49] It can make us braver. It can make us stronger. It can make us more compassionate. It can give us the courage to try new things that we never thought we could do. It can convict us to serve others. It can lead us into purposes we would have never planned for ourselves, and ultimately, it can make us live more like Jesus.

[00:17:10] So tonight, we are going to sing songs about the hope of Heaven, because Heaven is the final destination for all of our love and longing, where we will finally be home with Jesus and our babies. 

But in the here and now, we can make music in the middle of the missing. Whether it’s with tears flowing as you strum a guitar like James when he first wrote his song, or sit behind a kit and work out your hard emotions on the drums, or play the piano or your favorite instrument, or as you simply just sing the lyrics to your favorite hymn, or stretch out your hands as you let the words of a worship song flow over you, music can meet you in tender places.

[00:17:51] Neither James or I thought that our music would lead us here tonight. Even though we are not used to performing on a stage, and we’re both a little nervous, we decided we’d sing and play anyway because we want Jesus to be glorified through it After James sings his song, Nate Johnson from Christ Church will sing I Can Only Imagine by MercyMe. It’s a beautiful song about the awe and wonder of Heaven. Nate specifically chose this song for the event, not knowing it was a song that my dad had put on my personalized playlist, and is very special to me. 

[00:18:26] Then after we sing I Can Only Imagine, Nate and I are going to play a song that has become incredibly powerful to me. It’s called Sunday is Coming by Phil Wickham. Ironically enough, Nate was our drummer for Wave of Light last year, and he also happens to be one of my drum coaches. I’ve been practicing this song with him for the past month at Music Scene in Andover. Just a little shout-out, if anyone’s looking for a drum coach, Nate is the one to go to.

[00:18:55] But I chose Sunday is Coming very intentionally for tonight, because this song tells the story of our hope. There was a Friday when it looked like death had won. Jesus was crucified. His body was put in a tomb, and a stone was sealed over it. His followers grieved, but Friday was not the end of the story.

[00:19:18] Sunday came. The tomb was empty. Jesus defeated death, and because He lives, death does not have the final word in our story either. But this song doesn’t only look backwards to Jesus’ Resurrection from the tomb. It points us forward to the fact that Jesus is coming again, and that is why we can stand here tonight with tears in our eyes and the ache for our babies in our hearts, and still have hope.

[00:19:45] Our hope is Jesus. It’s the promise that death has been defeated. It’s the promise that He’s coming again. It’s the promise that one day, God will wipe away every tear, and there will be no more death, mourning, crying, or pain. And it’s the promise that this world, with all its brokenness and loss, is not our forever home. Heaven is our home.

[00:20:09] James, we’d love for you to sing the song Jealous That Heaven’s Your Home. Thank you

James Shove: [00:20:26] She asked me to say a few words. I’m more of a singer than I am a talker, but I know leading up to this, because I’ve been to a couple of these already, I know so many of you are in different places of healing, grief, and my heart goes out to you because me and my wife have stand in this moment. We have stand in one similar to yours, maybe not exactly, but we understand the emotion, the pain, the struggle that each moment brings day to day.

[00:20:57] With this song, it was a couple years after I was finally able to write it, and It gave me an avenue to be able to express every doubt, every fear, every emotion, but also every hope that I’ve gained in this journey. And the phrase stood out to me that had me in tears for a while was, “I’m jealous that Heaven’s your home.”

[00:21:25] And that phrase was going on and on as I sang it for a little while. And my heart just ached, because I’m like, “I’m jealous that my baby’s not here. I don’t get to be the dad to him. I don’t get to see him grow up.” And my heart just kept aching as I wrote the next verse. 

[00:21:47] And then I just started imagining, “Well, what if he is in Heaven? What if that hope is there? What does that look like?” And I just imagined my little kid just up there making everybody smile, making everybody laugh, and in the safe arms of Jesus that I believe in. And that’s how I wrote the rest of the song, and it just ended with so much hope for me that it rounded out my healing, even though the emotion and the pain’s still there.

[00:22:17] I’m going to go ahead and sing, because I don’t want to talk too much.

[00:22:35] I wish I could tell you I love you

To hear you say Dad “I know”

To hold you in my arms

And neither of us want to let go

Neither of us want to let go

I can see you dancing

On the streets of gold

Bringing smiles to the angels

I’m jealous that Heaven’s your home.

I’m jealous that Heaven’s your home.

I’m sure you’re talking with Jesus

Tell my Friend I say hello

And thank Him for all that He’s doing

And I can’t wait to get home.

I can’t wait to get home.

I can see you dancing

On the streets of gold

Bringing smiles to the angels

I’m jealous that Heaven’s your home.

I’m jealous that Heaven’s your home.

I can see us walking with Jesus

Your feet are putting on a show

You’re bringing smiles to the angels

I’m thankful that we are all home.

I’m thankful that we are all home

I can see you dancing

On the streets of gold

Bringing smiles to the angels

I’m thankful that Heaven’s our home.

I’m thankful that Heaven’s our home.

Nate Johnson: [00:26:52] I’d just like to invite everybody to stand up with me. We’re going to sing this song. I know in times like this, sometimes it’s a little bit odd or a little uncomfortable to sing. But I know that all of you guys are believers like me, and I think that in times of great sorrow and great sadness, I think that worshiping the Lord is where our hearts need to be and in our hurting, the Lord is always with us. So I just invite you to sing this with me.

[00:27:37] [Lyrics by Bart Marshall Millard] 

I can only imagine

What it will be like

When I walk by Your side

I can only imagine

What my eyes will see

When Your face is before me

I can only imagine

I can only imagine

Surrounded by Your glory

What will my heart feel?

Will I dance for You Jesus

Or in awe of You be still?

Will I stand in Your presence

Or to my knees will I fall?

Will I sing hallelujah?

Will I be able to speak at all?

I can only imagine

I can only imagine

I can only imagine

When that day comes

And I find myself

Standing in the Son

I can only imagine

When all I will do

Is forever, forever worship You

I can only imagine

I can only imagine

Surrounded by Your glory

What will my heart feel?

Will I dance for You Jesus

Or in awe of You be still?

Will I stand in Your presence

Or to my knees will I fall?

Will I sing hallelujah?

Will I be able to speak at all?

I can only imagine, yeah

I can only imagine

Surrounded by Your glory

What will my heart feel?

Will I dance for You Jesus

Or in awe of You be still?

Will I stand in Your presence

Or to my knees, will I fall?

Will I sing hallelujah?

Will I be able to speak at all?

I can only imagine, yeah

I can only imagine

I can only imagine, yeah

I can only imagine

I can only imagine, yeah

I can only imagine

I can only imagine

When all I will do

Is forever, forever worship You

I can only imagine

Nate Johnson: [00:31:48] [Songwriters: Jonathan Smith / Steven Furtick / Phil Wickham / Adrian Disch]

A great light dawns in Galilee

Some say mad man

Some say King

A wonder working rebel priest

Jesus Christ the Nazarene

He knew well what it would take

To free us all from sin and grave

A perfect man would have to die

And only He could pay that price

Friday’s good ’cause Sunday is coming

Don’t lose hope ’cause Sunday is coming

Devil, you’re done, you better start running

Friday’s good ’cause Sunday is coming

So He let those soldiers take Him in

As His friend betrayed Him with a kiss

There before the mocking crowd

Like a lamb to the slaughter didn’t make a sound

Then He carried that cross to Calvary

And He shed His blood to set us free

As the nails went in and the sky went dark

The redemption of the world was on His heart

Friday’s good ’cause Sunday is coming

Don’t lose hope ’cause Sunday is coming

Devil, you’re done, you better start running

Friday’s good ’cause Sunday is coming

Then He breathed His last

And bowed His head

The Son of God and man was dead

With bloody hands

And tears on their face

They laid Him down

Inside that grave

But that wasn’t the end

That wasn’t the end

That wasn’t the end

Let me tell you what happened next

The women came before the dawn

To find that stone already gone

When they looked inside, the angel said

“Why you looking for the living among the dead?”

He’s alive

He’s alive

Hallelujah, He’s alive

Give Him praise

Lift Him high

Hallelujah, He’s alive

He’s alive

He’s alive

Hallelujah, He’s alive

Give Him praise

Lift Him high

Hallelujah, He’s alive

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Don’t lose hope ’cause Sunday’s coming

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Now Jesus reigns

Upon His throne

All Heaven sings

To Him alone

We watch and wait

Like a bride for a groom

Oh, church arise

He’s coming soon

Scott Evans: [00:36:33] That was awesome. Let’s give them one more round of applause.

[00:36:41] And next weekend, Ashley will have a drum solo right here again, so come back out.

All right. It’s now time for the Hope Walk. Many of you here tonight have sponsored one of these beautiful light clusters. Thank you. It’s what makes this evening special. We appreciate your help in making this event possible.

[00:37:08] So we invite you to turn on your tea light candle if you’ve got one, and join us on the Hope Walk sponsored by Christ Church.

Ashley Opliger: [00:37:18] At this point in the event, we do our Hope Walk, which is when we listen to the songs I Will Carry You and Hymn of Heaven, and we walk through rows of 50,000 pink, blue, and white lights with our candles on, shining toward Heaven.

[00:37:31] Afterwards, we head down to the lake to release our water lanterns while listening to our babies’ names read one by one. So now you will hear the reading of the names from the event. These names are the babies represented at the event whose families either attended or sponsored Wave of Light 2026. I want to thank Scott Evans for doing the recording of the reading of the names for this podcast episode.

Scott Evans: [00:37:54] 

Abundynce Faith Thomas & Joyana Reign Thomas

Ace Borget

Adaiah Denea Bell

Addison Jack Dugan

Akin Babies

Alan Monroe Tregoning &  Baby T

Alexander, Jordan, Isabella, and Micah Beougher

Alexis Rose Reimer & Peyton Grace Reimer

Ambrose, Gregory and Louie Dugan

Amelia Rose Pinkerton

Angel Hope Kinya Little

Angel Garay

Angel Lillyanne Kinya Little

Angel Scernity Kinya Little

Archer Jackson McEntire

Ashlynn Marie Akin-Davis

Aspyn Jane Johnson

Audrey Elizabeth Kalbach

August Alexander King

Aurelia and Aria Lang

Ava Marie Schnabel

Baby Castillo

Baby De La Rosa 1 & 2

Baby Dewees

Baby Hays

Baby Hope

Baby Horsley

Baby Robillard

Baby Root 1,4,5 & 6

Baby Schriever & Phoenix Von Schriever

Baby Simpsons

Baby Witherspoon

Baker Rae Jenkins

Banks Clifford Corwin

Bennett Farney & Presley Farney

Bridget Faith Opliger

Brielle Maria

Briceno Babies

Bridgid Richman

Brooklyn Donyelle Chilcott

Burns Babies

Callan Daniel Roach

Charlotte Nicole Bolton

Christian Cruz

Christian Raab

Christopher Aaron Kolko

Colby Holland Binter

Cooper Dean Anderson & Baby Anderson 4,6 & 7

David Bruce Crone

Demetrio

Diana Gwenth Dash

Dominica/ Dominic + Godwin Stockemer

Eliana Rose Beresford & Annalynn Beresford

Emiliann Rosa Janey

Esme Maylalane Nunez

Ethan Harrop Fish & Hayley Cullen Fish

Eva Grace Price-Coulter & Price Coulter Babies 1,2,4

Ezekiel Hill & Baby Hill

Ezekial Isiah Mitchell

Ezra Daren Vander

Gabriel Mason Broderick

Gabriella Clarizio

Gianna Marie Enriquez

Gracelyn Jane Kirby

Grace Jeanine Fair

Hadley Jo Roy

Hallie Revae May

Harris Jay Hartley

Harrison Clark & Baby Clark #5

Hattie Anne Jurey

Hayden August Turner & Freckles

Henry Judge Bastian

Hope Tangney

Hudson Richard Hake

Jack Monroe Siegrist

Jackson Dawkins and Baby Dold

Jacob Andrew

Jameson Robert Sturgeon

Jett Thomas Walthers

Jordan Selah, Dove Lynn, Jubilee Rain, Micah Eden, Shiloh Haven, Emerson Glory, &  Jesse Hope Reynolds

Jordan William Hall

Judah Alexander Regier

Jude Mark Gudenkauf

Juliette Rose Huysman

Junie Bea Eden

Karson David Nielson

Kayden Riley Evans

Keenan Luis Montez-Hernadez

Khoa Navy Daniels

Kollyns Elizabeth

Kooper Riece Eilrich

Lane Tucker Burns

Laramie Joyce Ann Darrah

Lark May Brazil

Levi Carter Cohen

Lily Bergen

Little John Saunders

Lottie Sandusky & Micah Sandusky

Lucas Arie

Lucas Kimble

Lucia Victoria Blahuta

Lucy & Thomas Dugan

Marcus Levi Regier

Maizie Jeane Martin

Mary-Anne Amelia Rittel

Micah Scott, Moriah Leigh, Glory Ruth, Shepherd Wade, & Griffin Jude Dalme

Miles Jack Hull

Molly, Ava, Martha, John, & Zelie Mersmann

Nate Kandpal

Noah Allen Schneider

Noah Chad Rosendahl

Noah Paul

Noah David Villanueva

Noel Angel Binter

Nolan Bryce Holverson

NyaLah LaNae Pointer

Ollie Young

Patrick John Naylor

Phoenix Shove

Pressley Zeplin Bartonek

Purpose Smith

Quinton Nicholson

Reid Maxwell Whitfield

Richard And John Kinya Little

Rhiannon Delphine Ramsey

Ronan Roop Hahn

Rosie Jo

Rosie Rae Thompson

Samantha Clarice Jones

Samuel Jude Mayers

Shiloh Keesling & Adalee Elizabeth Keesling

Shiloh, Jesse, Catherine, & Jordan Moore

Sophie Christine Hanson

Sorin Cash

Spencer Neil Vetter & Grady Grant Vetter

Talia Weaver

Talitha Myra Kennedy

Taylor Anne Childs & Our Baby Jellybean

Taylor Lynn and Alicia Marie Williams

Teddi Solis

Theodore “Teddy” Laurence Roe

Theodore Bear McBratney

Theodore Paul Leis

The Villanueva Twins

Thomas Stephen Ondrovich

Timber Kai Pavlacka

Tristan Rose King

Violet Bridget McLeroy

Whitfield Babies

Wyatt Taylor Nyberg

Ashley Opliger: [00:48:10] Thank you for listening to the Cradled in Hope Podcast. We pray that you found hope and healing in today’s episode. 

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