Is Your Glass Half Empty or Half Full?
I remember growing up and adults talking about their glass either being half empty or half full. I would roll my eyes and think to myself well when…
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Loss
To the Mom With the Empty Car Seat
Dear mama, It’s weird to hear that, isn’t it? You know you are a mama. And yet . . . Your baby is gone. There is no heartbeat anymore.…
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What it’s Like to Love a Motherless Daughter
At first, you’ll get lost in her sad eyes. Eyes that will haunt you in your dreams. You’ll feel the need to save her, to protect her from the…
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Friends, We Need Each Other
Girls, listen up. I have something important to say. About us. We need each other. We do. Today I got an unexpected gift in the mail from a precious…
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My Baby Was Stillborn, But Still Born
My baby was stillborn, but still born. In a cool white hospital room where so many had been born before. My body trembled and shook as his body…
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To the Woman Crying in the Hospital Bathroom
I want you to know that I heard you. I heard your sobs as I was leaving the OBGYN’s office after my annual exam. I saw who I presume was your…
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I Am Not My Child’s Death
We are NOT what has happened to us or what this world says we are. That is not what defines us. While we are grieving parents, that is not what our…
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The Hardest Moments After Losing a Child
Within the first three months following the death of my newborn daughter, I participated in one baby shower, attended two first birthday parties, had…
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Even Though You’re In Heaven, Your Grandchildren Will Know You
The well-loved picture frame sits on the shelf in your grandkids’ room; just high enough to be out of reach from curious toddler hands, but low…
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6 Commitments I Made to Myself After Child Loss
Following the death of our infant daughter, I found myself facing an opportunity to activate the immense power of personal choice. Time and time…
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