I’m Happy for You But I’m Still Grieving: Remarriage after Loss
“I take you for my lawful wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse,…
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“I take you for my lawful wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse,…
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Continue ReadingI am sadly no stranger to pregnancy loss. Out of seven pregnancies, I have been blessed with one beautiful boy…
Continue ReadingRays of soft sunlight streamed through the curtain onto the hospital bed. I stepped to the edge of the bed,…
Continue ReadingI have sat here a million times over my life—on good days, on bad days, with friends, with family. I…
Continue ReadingMy 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,”…
Continue ReadingOn January 30, 2021 we lost our baby boy. I'd carried him for nearly 15 weeks when my water unexpectedly…
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