Volunteers turn wedding dresses to 'angel gowns' for grieving parents
PENNSAUKEN — They are tiny, with intricate details that make them beautiful. Each one is made with love, and each one is unique. In those ways, the angel gowns in Jean Lee's garage are like the babies who will receive them: babies whose lives were all too short, babies lost to miscarriage, stillborn or who died shortly after being born. Babies whose parents named them, loved them and grieved for them. The angel gowns help those families remember and honor them, too. Lee is retired now, but during her 46 years as a labor and delivery nurse, she saw the joy of new parents welcoming babies...