“I don’t get why you can’t be happy for others. I just don’t get it. Why do you have to make it about you ? Life goes on.” I’m so tired of needing to raise awareness, to explain, to educate. To teach, even though I’m a teacher. But it seems Continue Reading …
by Lindsay S Looking back over the years, I find there are different aspects surrounding my loss that grab my attention. More recently I see my dog Evelyn in a new light. She’s a sassy little terrier with a heart of gold who at the age of one went through the loss with Continue Reading …
by Éva Zsák When you read posts written by other bereaved parents, you may find some comfort in their lines. In your misery you see that there are so many others, unfortunately, who feel something very similar. It’s due to the sad fact that we all have something in common; we Continue Reading …
By Carol Jacobson I said to my friend today, “Hope is like a double edged sword. You know? It carries you through a lot of tough stuff, but at the same time, when you hold it that closely it really hurts later on.” I think this is applicable to many Continue Reading …
Losing you tore my world apart. Your death laid bare a desolate landscape on which I lay for years, fighting to breath in the broken, painful place called life after loss. My sweet baby girl, losing you was hell on earth. I would still choose you. Your life with me Continue Reading …
This post is part of a multi-part series regarding moving forward with life after loss and the struggles of the reintroduction to “normal life.” The focus of these posts is being prepared and coping with the things that will come as we resume our day to day lives and return Continue Reading …
by Lori Davis I often think about the “old” me vs. the “new” me. I have changed in so many ways since giving birth to my daughter at the end of March. I was so happy when I found out I was pregnant. I knew my life was about to change and Continue Reading …
I can’t believe I got rick roll’d today. You would think I would know better by know. And somehow those lyrics got to me. Never gonna give you up. As a loss mother, I have had to give up each of my babies. And now, I have had to give Continue Reading …
How do I even begin to explain to those around me how it feels to be a Mother whose only baby died? I’m not sure where to start. Sometimes, it’s so hard to put my feelings into writing. To experience them is much different than to communicate them. I’m going Continue Reading …
by Louise Botterill After the loss of a baby, we are all beyond devastated. Not one person ever expects that this would happen to them. Why would it? You only think it happens to other people, that it’s a statistic in a dusty old book somewhere but surely with modern Continue Reading …
We bought our first house in the fall, nearly seven years ago. The cute, 2-bedroom bungalow was the perfect starter home to update, make our own, and grow into a family of three. The second bedroom was earmarked as the nursery from the beginning. The next summer quickly came and with enthusiasm, we Continue Reading …
My child died, now what? The first few weeks after my son died, I had absolutely no idea what to do. My whole life was turned upside down. The whole summer that I thought I would be on maternity leave, breastfeeding, taking Micah on walks, going to visit Daddy at Continue Reading …
By Jaime Groth-Searle We decorated the room – gray with orange zigzags, and bright yellow cushions with a tall bookshelf, every nook crammed with dusty comics from our own childhoods. We wanted our twin boys to have all those things we loved, and we wanted to help them discover new things too. Continue Reading …
