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Dear Baby in Heaven, Thank You For Making Me a Mother

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
January 23, 2022
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5 Minute Read

By Manndi Maphies

Dear Baby in Heaven, Thank You For Making Me a Mother

Dear Baby, I hoped and prayed for you for many years. I was beyond ecstatic when you revealed yourself with…

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
January 12, 2022
3.9K Views
9 Minute Read

By Ashley Testa

Pregnancy Loss is a Part of Me Now

The second time I flushed the remnants of my lost child like a goldfish funeral, the ache in my gut…

Baby, Grief, Loss, Motherhood
January 9, 2022
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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…

Baby, Motherhood
January 6, 2022
3.8K Views
4 Minute Read

By Elizabeth Haselhorst

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…

Some Say I Lost My Baby, But I Know Exactly Where You Are

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
January 3, 2022
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3 Minute Read

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…

To the Woman I Was When Miscarriage Stole My Innocence

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
December 22, 2021
5K Views
5 Minute Read

By Rachel Lewis

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…

I Asked God To Stop Sending Me Babies I’d Never Hold

Faith, Grief, Loss, Motherhood
December 19, 2021
3.4K Views
4 Minute Read

By Julie Jensen

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…

There’s No Wrong Way To Feel After Pregnancy Loss

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
December 16, 2021
3.0K Views
5 Minute Read

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…

Grief, Loss
December 14, 2021
2.9K Views
4 Minute Read

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…

We Can’t Keep Miscarriage Quiet To Keep Other People Comfortable

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
December 4, 2021
4.0K Views
4 Minute Read

By Jules Millward

We Can’t Keep Miscarriage Quiet To Keep Other People Comfortable

I am 1 in 4. In May, I had a miscarriage. I started bleeding over the holiday weekend. I made…

Someday I’ll Tell Them How Much They Were Loved

Loss, Motherhood
November 29, 2021
3.5K Views
2 Minute Read

By Emily Roussell

Someday I’ll Tell Them How Much They Were Loved

Someday I’ll tell them . . . The babies my arms have never carried, though my heart always will. Someday…

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
November 26, 2021
3.4K Views
5 Minute Read

By Her View From Home

And Then You Were Gone

COVID-19 was declared a pandemic on March 11th, 2020. On March 12, I saw your heartbeat. I listened to the…

miscarriage

Dear Baby in Heaven, Thank You For Making Me a Mother

Pregnancy Loss is a Part of Me Now

I’ll Keep Living For Her

Those Blue Paper Pants

Some Say I Lost My Baby, But I Know Exactly Where You Are

To the Woman I Was When Miscarriage Stole My Innocence

I Asked God To Stop Sending Me Babies I’d Never Hold

There’s No Wrong Way To Feel After Pregnancy Loss

Please Don’t Overlook the Loss Dads

We Can’t Keep Miscarriage Quiet To Keep Other People Comfortable

Someday I’ll Tell Them How Much They Were Loved

And Then You Were Gone

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So God Made a Mother