The Baby I Never Met Made Me the Woman I Am Today
Dear baby I never got to officially meet, I just wanted you to know I still think about you all…
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By Chloe Miller If Grief is Weighing You Down at Christmas, Breathe In Grace
We set up the Christmas tree yesterday, and it was bittersweet as I took out each decoration. Transported back to…
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Balancing Life and Loss
“Dance! Dance!” I sat on the kitchen floor in front of a dishwasher full of clean dishes. We had just…
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By Kayla Runkel We Decorated This Room for a Different Baby
Soft October light floods the room as I softly glide in the rocking chair, nursing my baby boy to sleep.…
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By Amy Keyes I Remember the Child You Carry Only In Your Heart
I am a mother of three . . . with only two living children. So often, when people ask, “How…
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The Fragile Hope of Being Pregnant with a Rainbow Baby
We so often talk about the rainbow baby. The little bit of light that comes after some of the darkest…
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By Victoria Hulmes Close Your Eyes, Mommy, I Am Here
As candles flicker across the world, United in love tonight, I think of you, my little one, My baby: my…
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Anastasis: To Rise Up Again
I’ve had two miscarriages in the last 14 months. My fingers stumble on the keyboard, hovering, trying to find just…
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By Dawn Byington The Son We Lost Is Safe In My Mother’s Heavenly Arms
One night when I was five, two men knocked on our door. They didn’t say much but handed my mother…
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Loss Cuts Deep but God Is Faithful
Trigger warning: child loss “The light shines in the darkness and cannot be overcome.” Just days after the loss of…
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I Carried You for Just a Moment but My Love Goes on Forever
Eighteen years ago I carried you for a moment. Made with love, we wondered what you would be when we…
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By Marissa Khosh Before I Knew Loss
Sometimes I miss those days of innocence. Those days before the grief. Those days before our reality became a repetitive…
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