The Onesies He Never Wore
Brilliant sunbeams awaken my eyes. It is a beautiful May day, and I have a mission. The night before I…
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5 Ways To Connect With Your Kids Right Now
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The Healing Power of Infant Loss Portraits
Pippa has four children. Three of them you can see, cuddle, and talk to. One of them you can’t. One…
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Grief Need Not Be Silent
Tough it out. Don’t cry. Don’t be a girl. We have been told for years that to show pain, or…
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Dear Baby in Heaven, I’ll Miss You For the Rest of My Life
My perfect baby. How I wish you were here. I imagine still being pregnant with you, moving right along and…
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Losing My Baby Revealed Christmas in a New Light
I can still hear the fresh crackle involved in freeing it from its plastic clamshell—a new ornament, a gift from…
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Dear Parents of Babies Born Sleeping
I remember it like it was yesterday. A cold, wintry day in January in the dead of a Canadian winter.…
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Chrissy Teigen Opens Up About Her Stillbirth and Those Controversial Photos: “I Needed To Share This Story.”
Chrissy Teigen and John Legend recently lost their third baby, Jack, when Teigen delivered him at 20 weeks following pregnancy…
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Loss Dads Are Grieving Too
I found myself asking my husband what he thought I should write about next on my blog. If there was…
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It’s the Water in the Vases That Makes the Grieving Real
There are a lot of things they don’t tell you about the days after someone dies. There’s just no way…
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And If You Can’t: A Mother’s Love Letter To Her Child in Heaven
Just shy of two years following my daughter's death, I lay in my bed pleading God for rest. My newborn…
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