By Kenzie Green I’ll Keep Living For Her
I am a broken woman damaged by the all-consuming grief and heartbreak that comes from losing a child. A child…
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Those Blue Paper Pants
Blue paper pants. You know, the huge ones with the weird, recycled-looking waffle texture, they swish really loudly when you…
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By Laura Niebauer Palmer Some Say I Lost My Baby, But I Know Exactly Where You Are
To my Poppy, Even though we never met I can clearly picture you. I can see my dimples in your…
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Grief Closes the Distance Between Us
It was a bright, wintery Saturday. The three of us were crossing the Walmart parking lot and dodging stray carts.…
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Dear Loss Mom, Cry if You Want To
If you want to go out with friends, that’s OK. If you want to stay in and hide from the…
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To the Woman I Was When Miscarriage Stole My Innocence
To the woman I was once after pregnancy loss, I'll never forget the day we met—even though an entire decade…
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Take it From a Loss Mom: You Don’t Want Your Baby To Stay Little Forever
I see it every day. My social media is littered with beautiful photos of children doing all sorts of things…
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I Asked God To Stop Sending Me Babies I’d Never Hold
With each positive pregnancy test, it was a restrained joy, for I knew we shouldn’t fully celebrate. As experience often…
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She’s Really Gone
Trigger warning: Infant loss “We have to do this for Gabby," my husband paused on the sidewalk to squeeze my…
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By Megan Hanlon There’s No Wrong Way To Feel After Pregnancy Loss
My first feeling was shock, followed by a messy crush of emotions—disappointment, guilt, relief. After enduring three years of invasive…
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By Katelin Lundquist Please Don’t Overlook the Loss Dads
Dear Husband, There is a box that lives on top of our dresser–one we’re both intimately familiar with. We don’t…
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By Kathleen Sullivan Life is Always a Little Lonely Without My Parents
It was the perfect summer evening in Cape Cod. We were on vacation and dining al fresco. A cool breeze…
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