10/24/2026
🦋🌹 IT’S OFFICIAL! 🌹🦋
After months of planning, dreaming, and putting our hearts into something incredibly special, we are beyond honored to announce that we have officially partnered with First Candle, a nonprofit organization dedicated to saving babies’ lives, raising awareness about SIDS and safe sleep, and supporting families grieving the loss of a baby.
Together, we are proud to announce:
🌹 GIABELLA ROSE’S 1ST ANNUAL MEMORIAL WALK 👣
📅 Saturday, October 2, 2027
🕙 10:00 AM
📍 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk, Staten Island, NY
🕯️ Benefiting First Candle
This is more than a memorial walk. This is our daughter’s legacy, our promise to her, and our way of turning the most heartbreaking loss of our lives into something that can make a difference in the lives of others.
But before we tell you about our mission, we want you to know the little girl who made it all possible. 🩷
On December 20, 2022, our world became more beautiful when we welcomed our daughter, Giabella Rose, into it. She was so tiny, so precious, and so incredibly loved. She had the most beautiful blue eyes, the kind you could get lost in, and a little face we could have spent forever memorizing.
The day Giabella was born was pure bliss. There are no words to fully explain what I felt that day. Becoming her mother was the most powerful, beautiful, and life-changing experience of my life. I had never felt so connected to myself as a woman, so full of love, or so completely in awe of what my body had done. Holding her for the first time, knowing she was finally here and that I was her mommy, was a feeling I wish I could bottle up and carry with me forever. In that moment, my heart felt fuller than I ever knew possible. She was everything I never knew I could love so much, and I would have done anything to give her the entire world.
And then, on February 11, 2023 at 5:42am, our world shattered.
At just seven weeks old, Giabella died unexpectedly from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). I went to sleep that night as Giabella’s mommy, never imagining that I would wake up to a nightmare no mother should ever have to experience. I woke up at 5:42am that morning to feed my baby and was instantly faced to a reality I could never have prepared for….my beautiful baby girl was gone.
She was supposed to wake up, too.
There were supposed to be more cuddles, more kisses, more mornings with my baby girl in my arms. Instead, in a single moment, the future we had dreamed of with her was gone, and we were left frozen in time, trying to make sense of a world that kept moving forward while ours had fallen apart. We were supposed to watch her grow. We were supposed to celebrate her first birthday, hear her first words, watch her take her first steps, and see her grow up alongside her big brother & baby sister. We were supposed to have years of birthdays, holidays, family vacations, school pictures, and countless ordinary days that we never knew would become the memories we would give anything to relive.
Her 53 days may have been short but there was no shortage of love in those days. She visited the aquarium, went shopping with Mommy, explored play places, and even went on her very first vacation to Rocking Horse Ranch. She got to experience the world, even if only for a little while, and we got to experience the world a little more beautifully because she was in it. She was so wanted, cherished, kissed, comforted, and loved in a thousand little ways every single day. And while we will forever grieve all the days we were robbed of, we will never allow the shortness of her life to overshadow the beauty of it. Her life was brief, but it was full. Her time was short, but her place in our family is eternal.
Giabella was here. She was loved. She was ours. And for the rest of our lives, we will carry the beautiful, heartbreaking truth that 53 days was all the time we were given with our girl, but it will never be all the time we love her. If love alone could have saved her, Giabella would have lived forever.
But Giabella’s story did not end on February 11.
We refuse to let the world forget her simply because her time here was short. She is our daughter. She is Armani & Avelina’s sister. She is a granddaughter, a niece, a cousin, and the little girl who changed our lives forever. She is so much more than the dates she was born and died, and so much more than a statistic. She is every photograph we cannot stop looking at, every memory that makes us smile through tears, every birthday we will celebrate in her honor, and every moment we wish she could be here to share with us.
We cannot change what happened to Giabella. We cannot give her back the lifetime she deserved. But we can spend the rest of our lives making sure the world knows she was here.
And that is why we are doing this. 🦋
🌸 OUR MISSION 🌸
Giabella Rose’s Memorial Walk was created to honor Giabella and all the precious babies gone too soon, raise awareness about SIDS and safe sleep, support families navigating the unimaginable heartbreak of infant loss, and help save babies’ lives through education, awareness, and community support.
We are incredibly proud to partner with First Candle in this mission. No parent should have to experience this kind of loss. No family should have to learn how to live with an empty space where their baby should be. And no grieving parent should ever have to feel alone. We know firsthand that behind every statistic is a baby who was loved beyond measure, a family whose world was forever changed, and a lifetime of memories that will never get the chance to be made.
We want this walk to be a place where those babies are remembered, those families are supported, and our community comes together for a cause that truly matters. We want to turn our heartbreak into awareness, our grief into purpose, and our daughter’s legacy into something that reaches far beyond our family.
Because every child deserves to see their first birthday 🕯️🩷
For our Giabella, we will walk. For the babies we have lost. For the families still searching for answers. For the parents who wake up every morning carrying a grief the world cannot see. We will walk because their lives mattered, because their names deserve to be spoken, and because the love we have for our babies does not end when their lives do.
🦋 HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! 🦋
This page will be the home for everything related to Giabella Rose’s Memorial Walk, including registration information, fundraising opportunities, memorial T-shirts and hoodies, sponsorship opportunities, upcoming events, and ways to get involved as we work toward October 2, 2027.
As we begin this journey, we are asking our family, friends, and community to help us get the word out:
🩷 LIKE and FOLLOW this page to stay updated.
🌹 SHARE this post with your family and friends.
🦋 INVITE others to join our community.
🕯️ HELP US SPREAD AWARENESS about SIDS, safe sleep, and infant loss.
Even if you cannot attend the walk, following and sharing our page can help us reach another family, start an important conversation, or remind a grieving parent that they are not alone. Our dream is to see our community come together on October 2, 2027, walking side by side in honor of Giabella and every precious baby who never got the chance to celebrate their first birthday. We hope this becomes an annual tradition that brings people together, supports grieving families, and helps make a difference for years to come.
To our sweet Giabella Rose,
You were only here for 53 days, but you gave us a lifetime of love. You changed our lives forever, and left an imprint on our souls that time could never erase. We wish with everything in us that we could have had the rest of our lives with you. We wish we could have watched you grow, play with your siblings, heard your laugh, kissed your little face, and held you in our arms for the rest of our lives. We cannot give you more days, baby girl, but we can spend the rest of our days making sure the world never forgets yours. Your story will be told. Your name will be spoken. Your life will be honored. And your light will continue to shine through every family we reach, every conversation we start, and every step we take in your name. You may never have gotten to blow out your first birthday candle my sweet girl, but we promise to keep your light burning for the rest of our lives. 🕯️🩷
53 DAYS OF LIFE. A LIFETIME OF LOVE. AN EVERLASTING LEGACY. 🦋🌹
Welcome to Giabella Rose’s Memorial Walk. If you made it this far, thank you, truly from the bottom of my heart. Thank you for being here, for taking the time to learn about our girl, and for helping us turn our unimaginable loss into a mission of love, awareness, and purpose.
Every step is for Giabella. Every step is for every baby gone too soon. Every step is for the families left behind.
WE WALK IN LOVE. WE WALK IN REMEMBRANCE. WE WALK FOR THE BABIES WHO NEVER GOT THE CHANCE. 🩷🌹
From the bottom of our hearts,
Marra & Ayman
Giabella’s Mommy & Daddy 🩷🦋
