We Couldn’t Picture Our Life Without You, Baby…Until We Had To
A miscarriage makes you part of a group you never wanted to be part of. It gives you a seat at a lunch table you never expected to have a chair at,…
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Todays Moments Are Tomorrows Memories After Losing A Child
I am told the older you get. the more you forget. Is this true or even possible? I mean we have all forgotten where we put our phone, what day it is…
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Mother’s Day Magnifies the Loss of My Own Mom, and It’s Still Hard
“Your mother’s gone,” my dad said as he walked into our apartment. Those words still haunt me, even 19 years later. My mother’s death…
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The Day God Answered An Impossible Prayer
He had the flu. I know the flu kills people every year, but not 63-year-old healthy men who just got home from Disney World with his…
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To the Nurse Who Held My Stillborn Baby
I trudged through those steel doors of the labor and delivery unit, my legs weak, my body unstable. It wasn’t the pregnancy weight that…
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Flashback at a Funeral
The flashback was so strong, it was palpable. The funeral was over; we three sisters and our husbands had walked with our mother’s casket to…
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To the Single Mom Who Feels Forgotten At Church
“There’s no place for me,” I pointed out to the church staff member who was manning the small group sign-up table. I had walked down the long…
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I’m His Widow, But I’m So Much More Than That
Apparently, it’s National Widow’s Day. May 3. There’s a day for everything now, to sandwich widows between National Eat a Doughnut…
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How Does the World Keep Turning When Mine Is Shattered?
When you lose a child, the world, offensively and frustratingly, keeps turning. This fact has been one of the hardest to deal with in the four…
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To the Nurses Who Care For So Much More Than Our Sick Babies, Thank You
Dear Peds nurses and incredible nurse techs, I see you. I sit on this couch all day long and, I see you. You try so hard to be…
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