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The Fragile Hope of Being Pregnant with a Rainbow Baby

Baby, Loss, Motherhood
November 14, 2024
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By Megan LaPorta

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…

Faith, Grief, Loss
October 4, 2024
2.2K Views
7 Minute Read

By Amanda Lewallen

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…

The Son We Lost Is Safe In My Mother’s Heavenly Arms

Grief, Loss
September 30, 2024
1.7K Views
4 Minute Read

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…

I Carried You for Just a Moment but My Love Goes on Forever

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
September 11, 2024
1.9K Views
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By Cari Resnick

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…

Faith, Grief, Loss, Motherhood
August 8, 2024
1.5K Views
4 Minute Read

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…

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
August 6, 2024
2.4K Views
5 Minute Read

By Jessica Dickenson

Grandma Holds Our Baby in Heaven

My mom always knew things before me—she had the uncanny sixth sense to anticipate what was coming. So it shouldn’t…

What No One Tells You About Pregnancy After Recurrent Loss

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
July 28, 2024
1.4K Views
4 Minute Read

By Marissa Khosh

What No One Tells You About Pregnancy After Recurrent Loss

No one tells you about pregnancy after recurrent loss. No one tells you just how hard it is. No one…

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
July 15, 2024
2K Views
5 Minute Read

By Marissa Khosh

The Losses Never Leave You

I had four miscarriages. And it has changed me. It has changed what my family was supposed to look like.…

Faith, Grief, Loss, Motherhood
June 4, 2024
2.5K Views
4 Minute Read

By Megan LaPorta

What If My Rainbow Baby Never Comes?

“What if she’s just meant to be our miracle baby?” The moment my husband said those words to me, my…

I Still Dream of What It Would Be Like to Be Your Mom

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
May 30, 2024
2.9K Views
4 Minute Read

By Marissa Khosh

I Still Dream of What It Would Be Like to Be Your Mom

Today I counted the years since we lost you. It's been seven years, and I still think of you regularly.…

To the Miscarriage Mom with a Broken Heart on Mother’s Day

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
May 12, 2024
2.7K Views
3 Minute Read

By Megan LaPorta

To the Miscarriage Mom with a Broken Heart on Mother’s Day

Dear Mama, I want you to know—you aren’t alone. Not even by a little bit. Not ever, but especially not…

Grief, Loss
April 10, 2024
2.1K Views
5 Minute Read

By Calleen Petersen

Giving Voice to the Babies We Bury

In the 1940s, between my grandmother’s fourth child and my father, she experienced the premature birth of a baby. Family history…

miscarriage

The Fragile Hope of Being Pregnant with a Rainbow Baby

Anastasis: To Rise Up Again

The Son We Lost Is Safe In My Mother’s Heavenly Arms

I Carried You for Just a Moment but My Love Goes on Forever

Before I Knew Loss

Grandma Holds Our Baby in Heaven

What No One Tells You About Pregnancy After Recurrent Loss

The Losses Never Leave You

What If My Rainbow Baby Never Comes?

I Still Dream of What It Would Be Like to Be Your Mom

To the Miscarriage Mom with a Broken Heart on Mother’s Day

Giving Voice to the Babies We Bury

Get It Now

So God Made a Mother