Life After Loss
Resting in the In-Between
By: Rose Carlson In this time, between the busyness and chaos of the winter holidays and the new year, we can feel out of sorts, sometimes with no desire to do much of anything. It can be a time of feeling unproductive and uncertain as we wonder what the new year might bring while we…
Read MoreHope for the Holidays
By Kadie Tannehill While the holidays may be a time full of so much busyness and uncertainty in your grief journey, remember that it is a time to reflect on all that you’ve been through during the year. As a loss mom myself, I know the holidays can be a seemingly lonely time, but I…
Read MoreThe 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 MorePregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness: Supporting the Fertility Community
By: Rosie Buckley Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day falls each year on October 15th. On this day, people come together to remember babies who have passed during pregnancy or shortly after and acknowledge their grief. People going through fertility treatments like IVF and IUI often experience a range of feelings, like grief and disappointment,…
Read MoreHiking for Healing
By: Rose Carlson Now that spring has arrived, you may be looking for things to do outdoors. Give hiking a try if you are looking for a physical outlet to help take your mind away from grief for a bit. On a recent hiking trip, I was enjoying the peace and quiet, and I realized…
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 MoreFinding Peace in the New Year
By: Rose Carlson The holidays are over, and you may be breathing a huge sigh of relief that you made it through those stressful days. Hopefully, they weren’t as bad as you might have imagined they would be. Now it is a new year, a fresh start, and you may be dreading that as well.…
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