October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, but you don't have to remind the tens of thousands of families who have been touched by that grief; We already know. It was late in the first trimester of my third...
ATTENTION: Before I begin to tell you my story, I must warn you that this might be triggering to anyone who has or knows someone who has experienced child loss.  Never did I ever think I would lose my child...
If you find yourself feeling a little blue leading up to Mother's Day, know you are not alone. Celebrating Mother's Day as a motherless mother is hard. I lost my mother to pancreatic cancer in October of 2013. Each...
When my aunt was in hospice care, my husband and I decided to start preparing our four-year-old for her death and funeral.  My daughter knew my aunt well and I expected her to have a lot of questions. I started...
My miscarriage is probably no different from yours... My baby was here, growing, making plans, and then - just like that, my baby was gone.  That morning, I went into the ultrasound appointment excited to see a heartbeat. I walked...
I'm so sorry. I’m sorry for the life you lost before you had a chance to meet. I’m sorry that year after year, on her due date, you wonder what she’d have looked like another year older. I’m sorry you...
I remember when my first child was born. He slept in a bassinet on his back near my bed. It was free of pillows and blankets, just like the experts advised. Yet, I still felt the need to check...
Something unthinkable and inconceivable has happened to you. I know you feel like you will never be whole again. Like nothing will ever be the same. How can you go on? Will you ever feel like you're not broken...
It started with cramps, awful cramps when my son was 10 months old. I was still nursing him and my period hadn't returned - I hadn't had one since 2016! - so I laughed to myself and figured, "here...