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Do you need a hug/crying partner right now? I can meet you. This was the text I received from my…
Continue ReadingToday my daughter would have been one month old. I have been through more at 22 than most people go…
Continue ReadingNo mother should ever have to bury her child. But it happens all the time. And this week it was…
Continue ReadingI carried the one. The estimated 1 in 4 pregnancies that end in loss. But instead of adding to our…
Continue ReadingIt’s a beautiful day. The sun is shining with such intensity I find myself squinting. Every time I venture to…
Continue ReadingWhat you don’t know is the ultrasound picture on the refrigerator isn’t you. I couldn’t bring myself to take hers…
Continue Reading“Be happy.” “Don’t be angry.” “Be thankful.” “Let it go.” “Move on.” “Don’t cry.” As if I weren’t trying. As…
Continue ReadingEach Monday evening, my son’s principal emails my son’s syllabus for the week. It’s a nicely organized Excel sheet complete…
Continue ReadingLast year in church on Mother's Day, I watched her. The woman who I knew to have had a miscarriage…
Continue ReadingSometimes my eyes fix upon a figure with a could-be silhouette. Blonde hair. Blue eyes. A young man coming into…
Continue ReadingWe had been putting it off all morning. The rain lightly fell as my brother, dad, and I quietly sat…
Continue ReadingIt never gets easier or better, the heartache of losing you. It just IS. And with time it just is,…
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