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I Lost My Daughter on Mother’s Day: 3 Truths I’m Believing Today

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
May 10, 2026
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By Kelly Aalseth

I Lost My Daughter on Mother’s Day: 3 Truths I’m Believing Today

Editor's note: This post discusses child loss Child loss changes Mother's Day. My 19-month-old, Julia, died suddenly on Mother’s Day…

God, Did You See Me as My Heart Shattered?

Faith, Grief
October 7, 2025
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By Kara Helton

God, Did You See Me as My Heart Shattered?

Trigger warning: This post discusses the death of a child. God, did you see me? There in the family waiting…

Grief, Living
May 24, 2025
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By Kim Hanson

Oak Bay

The sun is shining when I leave our hotel. My burgundy puffer seems like it will suffice, but the chill…

Faith, Grief, Loss
April 27, 2025
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By Rachel Wojo

When “God, Hold Me” Is All You Can Pray

Watching my child suffer while dying is not something I can even describe. The trauma of having an unmarked white…

The Pain of Losing a Child Doesn’t Go Away, It Just Changes

Grief, Loss
March 26, 2025
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By Heather Vogler

The Pain of Losing a Child Doesn’t Go Away, It Just Changes

I finally stayed up until midnight on New Year's Eve. My kids beg me year after year, but it always…

She Is Frozen In Time Inside Our Broken Hearts

Faith, Grief, Loss, Motherhood
February 21, 2025
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By Heidi West

She Is Frozen In Time Inside Our Broken Hearts

The first piece of writing I ever had published was a lengthy poem about my 2-year-old daughter. I was inspired…

Until I See You in Heaven, I’ll Cherish Precious Memories of You

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
April 15, 2024
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By Courtney Mount

Until I See You in Heaven, I’ll Cherish Precious Memories of You

Your memory floats through my mind so often that I’m often seeing two moments at once. I see the one…

Can I Still Trust Jesus after Losing My Child?

Faith, Grief, Loss
April 13, 2024
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By Courtney Mount

Can I Still Trust Jesus after Losing My Child?

Everyone knows there is a time to be born and a time to die. We expect both of those unavoidable…

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
October 4, 2023
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By Kristen Murphy

Until I See You in Heaven

I'll leave a place for you. Though you are not here, I will leave a place for you . .…

Faith, Grief, Loss
November 3, 2022
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By Liz Spenner

Angel Babies are Heaven’s Gatekeepers

I never seemed to have the right words. I didn't have the right words at four years old when my…

I Should Be Picking You up from School Today

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
November 3, 2022
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By Joanna Reynolds

I Should Be Picking You up from School Today

I would have cried. I see the line of cars in the school pick-up line, and my heart is hit…

My Hands Are Full, but They Should Be Fuller

Grief, Loss
September 6, 2022
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By Diana Robinson

My Hands Are Full, but They Should Be Fuller

When they are gay, the waves echo their gaiety; but when they are sad, then every breaker, as it rolls,…

death of a child

I Lost My Daughter on Mother’s Day: 3 Truths I’m Believing Today

God, Did You See Me as My Heart Shattered?

Oak Bay

When “God, Hold Me” Is All You Can Pray

The Pain of Losing a Child Doesn’t Go Away, It Just Changes

She Is Frozen In Time Inside Our Broken Hearts

Until I See You in Heaven, I’ll Cherish Precious Memories of You

Can I Still Trust Jesus after Losing My Child?

Until I See You in Heaven

Angel Babies are Heaven’s Gatekeepers

I Should Be Picking You up from School Today

My Hands Are Full, but They Should Be Fuller

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So God Made a Mother