The Invisible Mother Hurts and Hopes
In a world full of mothers, so many of them seem to go unnoticed, unrecognized. Forgotten. They belong to a special class of mothers who walk amongst…
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death of a child
Mother’s Day is Forever Changed After the Loss of a Child
What is your perfect Mother’s Day? Did your day involve your family, friends, maybe even a special photo to remember the day? One of my favorite…
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How Losing My Son Opened the Eyes of My Heart
“I like your tattoo,” I said to my server as I tried to hide myself from the other restaurant patrons. With my back to the rest of the…
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Surviving the Loss of a Child Means Loving Fiercely and Remembering Bravely
Years ago, I received a phone call from a former co-worker, telling me that a student I knew had been hit by a car and died. She was just about to…
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To the Loss Mom on Mother’s Day
Dear Loss Mama, It’s Mother’s Day and here you are. A mother without her baby. Your motherhood might go unrecognized by the world around…
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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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Labor and Delivery Nurse Has a Message For Grieving Parents: We Never Forget
Sweet mamas, I needed to share the heart of a labor and delivery nurse with you. I just finished a weekend of 12-hour night shifts in a usually…
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Graduation Without Our Graduate
How does a person prepare for something they have never experienced? I have planned and prepared for my oldest son’s graduation. I have been to…
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Unspoken Words
Just a week prior, we had been giggling with excitement about the baby she was expecting! Despite some health problems she’d been experiencing,…
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My Son Died – This Is How I Survive Each New Day
There are still days that I stare down the road where we live. It’s the same road that my son Tyler was on when a car accident took his…
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