I Thought There’d Be One More
I thought there’d be one more. One more baby to swaddle and sway to sleep in my arms. One more baby to praise for those first steps taken and first…
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To Love a Child To Eternity
She lifted the young child into her arms and experienced, for the first time, a love so big her heart could not contain it. Hugging the child close…
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To the Loss Mama Waiting For Her Rainbow Baby
I became a part of the pregnancy loss community almost 10 years ago when I had my first miscarriage. It wasn’t a club I had hoped to join. I’m…
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There is So Much More To the Loss Mom’s Story Than Meets the Eye
Jon pulls the car up to the door of the hospital. I know where to go and what to do. I’ve done this many times before. He drives off to find a…
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I Wasn’t Prepared To Love You or To Lose You
I remember the first day I felt uncontrollable grief. You were four days old, and I received the first of nine consecutive phone calls explaining…
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How Do You Share a Miscarriage Announcement Instead of a Baby Announcement?
I lay there, trying hard to remember every detail from just a few weeks before. I had lain on the same bed, my husband beside me, the sweet tech…
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My Baby Fever Can’t Be Cured
My cheeks become flushed as my eyes scan a pregnancy announcement. In an instant, I begin to sweat. My womb screams with a familiar ache. My heart…
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The Orca Who Quietly Showed Us How To Grieve a Child is Pregnant Again
Oh, Mama Orca! Two summers ago, we watched as you grieved your calf who died. We watched as you carried your baby’s body for 17 days, never…
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She Left the World the Same Way She Entered it: Surrounded By Our Love
For one year, eight months, and seven days I gazed upon my daughter Edie, drinking in every detail. Each morning I witnessed the infinitesimal growth…
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What is Faith When You Lose a Child?
“To have faith is to be sure of the things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see” (Hebrews 11:1). “We live by faith, not by…
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