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Finding Peace and Solace
Continuing to love and remember your baby.
Read MoreLined Pathways: how we found our way through the grief of recurrent miscarriage
By: Autumn Purdy “No matter what, you and I are a family,” said my husband, Matt after we suffered another miscarriage. An addendum to our marriage vows, my husband’s promise would bind us together for years to come and gave me hope not all would be lost, and perhaps, we would survive the devastation together.…
Read MoreWhat Now?
Life after loss. You are not alone.
Read MoreA Bereaved Mom is a Real Mom
By: Paige Sanderson Breakfast in bed, a card signed “Love, Mike and Holden,” and a picture of flowers created by Holden’s perfect little handprints. That’s what I was hoping my first Mother’s Day would be like. After all, it’s what I’ve been waiting for my whole life. A mom’s first Mother’s Day is supposed to…
Read MoreGrieving Now and Grieving Then
By: Brooke Taylor Duckworth I studied Victorian literature in graduate school, and alongside the novels I read, I learned a great deal about culture in Victorian England. Nineteenth-century Britain was fascinating to me—particularly in all of its contrast with our contemporary society. The strictly gendered spheres for men and women, the uncomfortable clothing, the formal…
Read MoreWe Are Worthy To Grieve: TFMR
By: Charlie’s Mom I ALWAYS dreamed of being a mom, and then it happened. My beautiful baby girl Charlie, a dream come true. This is how I begin my story, when I chose to tell it. I don’t divulge my “secret” easily to just anyone. Usually the only people I feel a little comfortable telling…
Read MoreMeeting Annie
By: Robert and Kelly Henke A couple weeks before our 20-week ultrasound, I had a gut instinct that something wasn’t quite right. I couldn’t place it, but I knew something was wrong. My husband, Robert, and our 20-month-old daughter were both at the ultrasound. Never did I expect to hear the word “Anencephaly.” It was…
Read MoreThe Date That Changes Everything
By: Kadie Tannehill I never knew how much one, single date in time could change the course of entire lifetime. May 16th, 2015 is that date for me, and something I naively thought I would never experience—it’s the day that we said hello and goodbye to our son, Jonah, in the same breath. You see,…
Read MoreI am Colette’s Mom
By: Michelle Valiukenas I am the proud mom of Colette Louise, my little fireball, gorgeous blonde with my nose, long legs, long fingers, and a spirit that just radiated love and peace. Colette was born at 24 weeks and 5 days, three weeks after I was hospitalized with preeclampsia. She fought valiantly for nine days,…
Read MoreFinding Hope and Strength When Your Children are Grieving
By: Kayla Leibner I love my children more than my own life. All of them. I want what’s best for them. My husband, Ben, and I have four children – Jace, Kiley, Melody, and Jamie. We sound like a typical large family, right? Well, things aren’t always as they seem. There are things about our…
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