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Watching My Mom Lose Her Best Friend Is Hard

Grief, Grown Children, Loss
September 9, 2023
6.8K Views
3 Minute Read

By Amy Keyes

Watching My Mom Lose Her Best Friend Is Hard

Today, my mom lost one of her best friends. Today the news came. Suddenly. Unexpectedly. Traumatically. Ripping a hole in…

Grief, Loss
September 7, 2023
5K Views
4 Minute Read

By Natasha Smith

Some Days I Still Just Want My Daddy

“I want my daddy,” with tears falling down my cheeks I uttered these words. “I want my daddy,” as a…

Grief, Living, Loss
September 2, 2023
4K Views
4 Minute Read

By Carol Moore

Make Every Day a Celebration of Life

I have been invited to four celebrations of life in the last four months. Each one of these lives, from…

A Chemical Pregnancy Is So Much More Than Hormones

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
September 1, 2023
4K Views
5 Minute Read

By Marissa Khosh

A Chemical Pregnancy Is So Much More Than Hormones

What is a chemical pregnancy? Is it a false positive on a pregnancy test? Is it an almost pregnancy? Is…

Faith, Grief, Loss, Motherhood
August 29, 2023
3.2K Views
2 Minute Read

By Sarah Lewis

When Did You Leave Me, My Baby?

Dear daughter, Where was I when you left me? Was it the night we lay in bed listening to the…

I’d Never Heard of a Missed Miscarriage until I Had One

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
August 22, 2023
3.9K Views
6 Minute Read

By Abby Turner

I’d Never Heard of a Missed Miscarriage until I Had One

Being a mom is something I’ve dreamed about for years. I waited until I met “my person,” we got married…

Grief, Loss
August 13, 2023
7.7K Views
6 Minute Read

By Sarah Golden

Instead of My Momma, I Have Grief

Did you know grief has a smell? To me, it smells like furniture stain and a fresh can of paint.…

A Love Letter to My Sister’s Babies about Their Mommy In Heaven

Grief, Loss
August 11, 2023
3.8K Views
3 Minute Read

By Jennifer Marcinczyk

A Love Letter to My Sister’s Babies about Their Mommy In Heaven

Come, sweet girls, come sit with me. It's time to know the story of how you came to be. Two…

What I Wish I’d Known Before Infertility

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
August 10, 2023
3.8K Views
4 Minute Read

By Brittany Tryzbiak

What I Wish I’d Known Before Infertility

It might be the hardest thing you’ve ever done. You’re facing a reality that could change almost everything about what…

I Left the Hospital with an Incompetent Cervix and No Baby In My Arms

Baby, Grief, Loss, Motherhood
August 1, 2023
3.9K Views
10 Minute Read

By Amanda A.

I Left the Hospital with an Incompetent Cervix and No Baby In My Arms

It’s a surreal feeling to leave the hospital, with no baby in your arms. It’s one of those terrible things…

I Was a Normal, Suburban Mom Who Wanted To Die. Then, God Whispered.

Grief, Living, Loss, Motherhood
July 30, 2023
3.9K Views
5 Minute Read

By Kelley Spencer

I Was a Normal, Suburban Mom Who Wanted To Die. Then, God Whispered.

Trigger warning: This post contains suicidal thoughts. If you or someone you know is thinking about harming themself, please call…

Thank You God for the Child We Never Knew

Faith, Grief, Loss, Motherhood
July 28, 2023
6K Views
5 Minute Read

By Sylvia Schroeder

Thank You God for the Child We Never Knew

We lie flat on our backs next to each other, our faces toward Heaven. I feel his warmth all down…

Death of a Parent

Watching My Mom Lose Her Best Friend Is Hard

Some Days I Still Just Want My Daddy

Make Every Day a Celebration of Life

A Chemical Pregnancy Is So Much More Than Hormones

When Did You Leave Me, My Baby?

I’d Never Heard of a Missed Miscarriage until I Had One

Instead of My Momma, I Have Grief

A Love Letter to My Sister’s Babies about Their Mommy In Heaven

What I Wish I’d Known Before Infertility

I Left the Hospital with an Incompetent Cervix and No Baby In My Arms

I Was a Normal, Suburban Mom Who Wanted To Die. Then, God Whispered.

Thank You God for the Child We Never Knew

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So God Made a Mother