I Didn’t Realize How Much I Wanted This Baby Until I Miscarried
It was probably too early to tell, I thought, as I sat on the toilet and peed on another pregnancy…
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It was probably too early to tell, I thought, as I sat on the toilet and peed on another pregnancy…
Continue ReadingWe visited my grandmother’s gravesite today. As I spoke to her, my daughter chimed in, “But, Mama, she can’t hear…
Continue ReadingWhen you’re a kid everything in life seems so much bigger. They don’t grasp yet how incredibly small everything is…
Continue ReadingI cannot find the words to properly explain the joy you feel when you finally see the word "pregnant" show…
Continue ReadingI stand there in the pawn shop with tears welling up to the brink of spilling over onto my cheeks.…
Continue ReadingI can still hear the fresh crackle involved in freeing it from its plastic clamshell—a new ornament, a gift from…
Continue Reading'Twas the night before my first Christmas without you. I was so heartbroken I didn't know what to do. The…
Continue ReadingIt had been a long morning. I wasn’t hungry but knew I needed to eat. Standing in line at this…
Continue ReadingLast night I put up my Christmas tree and cried. It happens every year. Well, at least every year since…
Continue ReadingHow many times have you heard someone say, “My loved one died. Well, she was sick and we knew it…
Continue ReadingGrief is hard for those who must take care of the living. It’s hard for the ones who can’t take…
Continue ReadingThere it sat on the doorstep, an innocuous, small, brown box holding something so small yet so emotionally heavy. Inside…
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