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…
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Dear Baby, I hoped and prayed for you for many years. I was beyond ecstatic when you revealed yourself with…
Continue ReadingThe second time I flushed the remnants of my lost child like a goldfish funeral, the ache in my gut…
Continue ReadingI am a broken woman damaged by the all-consuming grief and heartbreak that comes from losing a child. A child…
Continue ReadingBlue paper pants. You know, the huge ones with the weird, recycled-looking waffle texture, they swish really loudly when you…
Continue ReadingTo my Poppy, Even though we never met I can clearly picture you. I can see my dimples in your…
Continue ReadingTo the woman I was once after pregnancy loss, I'll never forget the day we met—even though an entire decade…
Continue ReadingWith each positive pregnancy test, it was a restrained joy, for I knew we shouldn’t fully celebrate. As experience often…
Continue ReadingMy first feeling was shock, followed by a messy crush of emotions—disappointment, guilt, relief. After enduring three years of invasive…
Continue ReadingI am 1 in 4. In May, I had a miscarriage. I started bleeding over the holiday weekend. I made…
Continue ReadingIf I don’t write it all down, will I forget? Will there come a day when I no longer remember…
Continue ReadingSometimes life just isn’t fair. In fact, at times, life is just plain cruel. In one moment, your whole world…
Continue ReadingI thought about you today. We took our annual back-to-school photos, and I was arranging them in a collage. I…
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