Early Pregnancy Loss
Holding Onto Hope This Holiday Season
By: Robyn Busekrus On December 6th, we attended the annual Angel of Hope Ceremony in our town of Washington, Missouri. Last year was our first year to participate and the grief was very raw. Being new to the event, we were not sure what to expect. I went through the motions of being there, but…
Read MoreHonoring Your Baby: Rituals and Daily Life
By: Brooke Taylor Duckworth When my first daughter, Eliza, was stillborn, I felt paralyzed. Even a few months out from her death, I still didn’t know what to do that would feel like a proper way to honor her. Eventually, we did a variety of different things to honor her memory—and we continue to do…
Read MoreA New Season: Honoring Your Baby
By: Robyn Busekrus As the Fall season approaches, it is bittersweet. Fall has been my favorite season, but this year it has a somber feeling. This time last year, was such a time of joy as we were anticipating our son. The cool weather, the breezes, pumpkins and leaves falling are some aspects of fall…
Read MoreWe All Grieved: A Grandparent’s Loss
By: Jaclyn Pieris It was an abnormally warm day in England and I was sitting in a stuffy, grey colored, softly lit room in another weekly counseling session. I was enrolled in a training course to become a therapeutic counselor, and I had to undergo 50 hours of counseling. This requirement was exactly what I needed…
Read MoreWhy Ignoring Anniversaries Of Loss Doesn’t Work
By: Anna Eastland On March 30th, it was the six month anniversary of my baby daughter Josephine’s stillbirth. I approached the day with a bit of dread, worried it would send me back and undo my recent period of emotional improvement. I tried to decide what to do…plan a trip with the kids to Science…
Read MoreSeeking Guidance From a Professional Therapist
By: Brooke Taylor Duckworth This month, I wanted to ask a professional therapist about coping with baby loss, and no one seemed better equipped to discuss this subject than a therapist who is also a bereaved mama. My friend, Lindsey Antin, is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Berkeley, California. We became friends through…
Read MoreParched Grass
By: Anna Eastland It’s such a hot summer that I don’t know which flowers to bring you Everything dries up so fast gets parched and wrinkled in the heat and there’s enough death already in the graveyard There should be a stone at least shiny and beautiful at first with simple eloquent words in your…
Read MoreWalking to Remember
By: Kendra Goldman I first heard about the Share Walk on October 12th, 2016 while visiting the website. This was 2 days before I was scheduled for a D&C for my second miscarriage. The day of my D&C, I wanted to talk with my doctor to see if the walk would be something I’d be…
Read MoreThe “Boo” in the Taboo that Haunts Miscarriage
By: Jessica Vogler Miscarriage happens every single day. In fact, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention report on their website that 25% of women experience at least one miscarriage during their reproductive years. That means every fourth woman you see in your daily routine has probably had a miscarriage. Why, then, is it so…
Read MoreHealthy Grieving
By: Maria Carella The grief process takes enormous physical, mental and emotional energy. This process is not linear or orderly, and it is unique to each person. Some days it feels like a full time job, a minute-to-minute experience of competing thoughts, feelings and images. Other days it feels more manageable. Healthy grieving is a…
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