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Baby, Loss
March 5, 2019
5 Minute Read

Sometimes Pregnancy is Dark

Two pink lines beamed boldly through the tiny window of a pregnancy test, my future staring back at me—a vision in pink. It was my first pregnancy,…

Grief, Loss
December 22, 2018
4 Minute Read

Dear Santa, Please Fill All of Our Stockings This Year

Dear Santa, I’m writing to you this year on behalf of my sweet 4-year-old daughter, Zoe. She wants you to know that she would like a doctor’s…

Child Loss, Grief
October 17, 2018
2 Minute Read

My Baby Was Stillborn, But Still Born

My baby was stillborn, but still born. In a cool white hospital room where so many had been born before. My body trembled and shook as his body…

Baby, Child Loss, Grief
September 15, 2018
5 Minute Read

Let Us Be Women Who Embrace the Mothers Who Grieve

Today I designed a print for a mom on the other side of the world. It was for her baby girl who would have turned one today. One year ago, at…

Child Loss, Grief
July 14, 2018
4 Minute Read

Surviving the Loss of a Child Means Loving Fiercely and Remembering Bravely

Years ago, I received a phone call from a former co-worker, telling me that a student I knew had been hit by a car and died. She was just about to…

Child Loss, Grief
October 25, 2017
6 Minute Read

Reflections on the Baby I Will Never Hold

We were so excited that morning. After a miscarriage at 7 weeks, we were quickly pregnant again, and the first two sonograms confirmed a steady…

Child Loss, Grief, Relationships
October 23, 2017
4 Minute Read

To My Friend Who Just Lost Her Baby

It has been a little over a month since you met and said goodbye to your precious baby boy. I haven’t seen you since before your world came…

Child Loss, Grief
October 15, 2017
3 Minute Read

Infant Loss – From the Outside Looking In

One summer day six years ago my mom called me, crying. She told me that friends of ours from church had gone to the hospital that morning to have…

Child Loss, Faith, Grief, Journal, Miscarriage
September 10, 2017
4 Minute Read

“Don’t all babies go to heaven?”

“We get to go to Heaven right now?” My two-year-old looked up at me, his eyes wide with a mix of delight and bewilderment. I could see the little…

Child Loss, Featured, Grief, Journal
October 15, 2013
6 Minute Read

“There’s Nothing We Can Do”

This is Danielle’s story: My youngest son was born on May 18, 2013. We named him Oliver Charles Ring. He was perfect, tiny, but absolutely…

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Sometimes Pregnancy is Dark

Dear Santa, Please Fill All of Our Stockings This Year

My Baby Was Stillborn, But Still Born

Let Us Be Women Who Embrace the Mothers Who Grieve

Surviving the Loss of a Child Means Loving Fiercely and Remembering Bravely

Reflections on the Baby I Will Never Hold

To My Friend Who Just Lost Her Baby

Infant Loss – From the Outside Looking In

“Don’t all babies go to heaven?”

“There’s Nothing We Can Do”

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