Bereaved Parents
The Christopher Tree
By Cathi Lammert, Share’s Former Executive Director 1992-2013 On the first anniversary of our son Christopher’s death, December 4, we gathered with loving members of both sides of our families at our church for a Mass in honor of Christopher. After church, we adjourned to our home for a delicious brunch that everyone helped to…
Read MoreAwareness Helps Spread Love and Support
By: Marie Kriedman October is a bustling time of year for our family. We juggle birthdays, anniversaries, swim lessons, fall sports, a new school routine, homework, pumpkin carving, Halloween fun, and so much more. After I experienced a miscarriage in August 2020, I learned that October is also Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month. Every…
Read MoreThe Splintered Self
By: Carol-Anne Naylor Although this is written as fiction – and some of the details are fictionalised, this is written from my own very raw and very emotional journey of suffering. A journey born from longing, loss, grief and faith in God. However you experience loss and grief, you are not alone. I send you…
Read MoreNavigating an Impossible Grief
By: Karen Struzik As I contemplate on many of the events that occurred 23 years ago when we lost our son to stillbirth, I find that I would want to go back and tell my 31-year-old self several things to help her navigate this impossible grief. I would also like to tell you this: You…
Read MoreImpossible Beauty
By: Autumn Purdy I haven’t been pregnant for almost 11 years. My youngest son, who will turn 10 soon, begs for a newborn sibling at certain intervals, and I tell him repeatedly, “Someone has to be the baby of the family, and that special someone is you.” And I leave my response lighthearted, hugging him…
Read MoreTraditions Always Include the Baby
By: Marie Kriedman Our family has many holiday traditions – visits with Santa, writing letters on Christmas Eve, setting out cookies with milk, sprinkling reindeer food on the front lawn, seeing holiday lights, visiting with friends, and so much more. On Christmas morning our brood wakes up to a tree with flashing red and green…
Read MoreAwareness is needed to reach more moms and Dads
By: Marie Kriedman I never knew there was a Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness month. In my mind, October was a month of crisp fall air, pumpkin spice overload, colorful leaves, and pink breast cancer ribbons, before beelining into Halloween. I am now very familiar with the pink and blue ribbon that represents a baby…
Read MoreShe is Still a Part of Our Family
By: Marie Kriedman In the immediate days following the miscarriage of our daughter, my husband and I were in a minefield of grief. We were in shock, still trying to understand how our life had taken such a turn, and we felt deeply overwhelmed. We needed a breather from caring for our children, so we…
Read MoreHow Come It Feels So Tough To Ask For What We Need?
By: Justine Froelker How come it feels so tough to ask for what we want and need or to say what we need to say? Is it really as tough as we tell ourselves?What holds us back? The discomfort?We don’t want to be a burden?We think and insist on doing everything ourselves?What happens if we…
Read MoreYour Baby is So Much More than Gone
By: Amanda Crews After Carson died, my world turned to ruins. Everything we had planned for was gone. It didn’t matter that we installed the car seat a week prior or that his nursery was 100% ready. It didn’t matter that every piece of clothing was washed and ready to be worn. We wouldn’t wait…
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