10 Things Bereaved Parents Want You to Know about Child Loss
My first baby died. After a perfect full-term pregnancy, she was stillborn. That was 10 years ago. Ten years I’ve…
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My first baby died. After a perfect full-term pregnancy, she was stillborn. That was 10 years ago. Ten years I’ve…
Continue ReadingThat heart-wrenching moment when I received that phone call—the one that completely shattered life as I knew it. “He’s gone,”…
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Continue ReadingI’ve been thinking a lot about legacy lately. When my dad passed away in 2011, I lost the most influential…
Continue ReadingOn January 30, 2021 we lost our baby boy. I'd carried him for nearly 15 weeks when my water unexpectedly…
Continue ReadingCancer is weird. For 3.5 years I looked into the mirror and didn’t recognize the person looking at me. First,…
Continue ReadingSpring stirs up emotions within me that bring on reflection. I watch the death of winter sink into the ground…
Continue ReadingHave you experienced that feeling when you don't want to wake up but continue sleeping and dreaming the wonderful dream…
Continue ReadingI saved your clothes because you were our firstborn. I thought for sure as I quietly folded them and stored…
Continue ReadingI am in love with two men. It started years ago. My marriage of 11 years, which led to four…
Continue ReadingNo one tells you how it will feel. What will trigger it? The emptiness, the anger, the fear, or the…
Continue ReadingThis past weekend, I learned that my estranged grandmother died. It had been a few years since I had spoken…
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