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I'm a grieving mother. I've experienced two miscarriages and a stillbirth. Most of my babies have died. You would think that Pregnancy, Infant, and Child Loss Awareness Month would be just the month for me. Yes and no. You see, I don't really need a month to be aware that my babies died. I don't…
When your baby dies all you want is someone who gets it. Someone who says what you've been thinking, feeling, struggling to find the words for. If you've experienced pregnancy and infant loss, you know finding that person can feel impossible. In the real world you can't exactly walk up to someone at the grocery…
Continue reading ➞ 10 Instagram Accounts To Follow During Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month
When Dorothy died, I plummeted. I found myself in the lowest place I had ever been to. It was far below any place I had visited before. You might know the level I speak of; a low so far down that when you look up, you see black. There is nothing there for you. And…
Continue reading ➞ Why “Rainbow Babies” Are Not A Cure For Grief
I'm not sure who was the first to say it, but after my daughter, Dorothy, died there were many who assured me that I would move on. They phrased it like a promise -- a reassurance that one day soon I would set down my grief and return to a life of happiness. In my…
Continue reading ➞ I Am “Moving On” After The Death Of My Child — And I Am Taking Her With Me
October is here. In my world, this means crisp leaves and chunky sweaters and it also means participating in Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. The month of October is widely recognized as a time to honor those families who know the experience of losing a baby. It might sound depressing to participate in a…
Dear Beautiful Mother, I know. I know how it feels to have your heart feel both heavy and hollow. I know how it feels for your arms to ache from the emptiness they are holding. I know that your life will never be the same. There is no going back to the way things…
Continue reading ➞ To The Mother Whose Baby Has Died–I Know, Because My Baby Died Too