A Grandmother’s Gift From Heaven
I opened my front door to find a box full of goodies at my feet: a hot meal, gifts for each of my kiddos, and a box full of hand-me-down clothes. It…
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Your Baby Knew Love Because You Chose Life
I looked out my kitchen window this morning and watched my little boy swinging and singing in the sunshine. And I thought of your little boy, born…
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To the Mother Who Fought Through Infertility
I know the pain you are in right now. I can almost feel it myself even today. The struggle of trying to conceive when failure continues to haunt you…
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How Do You Move On From Miscarriage?
I watched a bird, busy in the gutter of my home. After a while, I realized it was building a nest. My father was with me and said, in typical…
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A Traumatic Birth Almost Killed Us, But it Couldn’t Weaken My Love For My Baby
I was 28-weeks pregnant when I started feeling like something wasn’t quite right. Physically I felt fantastic, but I was concerned about my small…
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Born in a Pandemic
My sweet baby girl, I carried you safe and warm in my womb, comfy and loved with the sound of my heartbeat to keep you content Little did you know…
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The Silent Struggle of Secondary Infertility
Another negative pregnancy test. Another period. Another cycle begins. Another hope for a child ends. I mourn my loss quietly in the bathroom,…
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There is So Much More To the Loss Mom’s Story Than Meets the Eye
Jon pulls the car up to the door of the hospital. I know where to go and what to do. I’ve done this many times before. He drives off to find a…
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When the World Didn’t Give Us a Choice, We Grieved Differently
The week before the world shut down, my mother-in-law received news that her cancer had spread to her lungs. She had battled ovarian cancer for the…
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Pregnancy Reopened the Wound My Mother Left Behind
I was born on August 14th in the heat of the California summer. I was the first of the two girls my mother went on to have. I was elated when I found…
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