Hi courageous people! I have a post to share with you from Kate, a mama who writes on her blog, Tiny Magical Love. Such a great blog name 🙂 The post she submitted here is called Tiny Hero, and it made me feel the feels. She writes: People who are given challenging lessons develop a…
Tag: baby loss
Ariel Levy: Thanksgiving in Mongolia
I just came across Ariel Levy’s story last week, and what a brave mama she us. Her story, published by The New Yorker, is her story about giving birth to her son alone on a bathroom floor in Mongolia. He was 19 weeks gestation, and he lived for a few moments in her arms. Ariel’s…
Guest Post: Counter-Factual
As I come up on a year since my son, Sebastian, was born and died, I find myself at a vastly different place to the one I was at a year ago, and even six months ago. I could not have imagined the day after he died and I went home to an empty nursery…
5 Tips for Bereaved Parents
I feel weird even writing this. Who am I to give advice on something as personal as the biggest loss any of us will experience? Especially when we all grieve so differently, and there isn’t really a right or wrong way to do it. Should there even be a “top five” list for something like…
National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day
National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day is observed annually in the United States on October 15th. Â It is a day of remembrance for pregnancy loss and infant death which includes, but is not limited to, miscarriage, still birth, SIDS or the death of a newborn. How I wish I never knew about this day….
Loss In My Life After Loss: Lucy Rose’s Light
Meet Jessica, Lucy’s mama. She wrote this lovely piece on her own blog and has graciously shared it with us ❤ For the past six months, as I’ve made the treacherous trek through the landscape of grief, I have been doing all I can to make it through each day still standing. Every day has…
Things I Will Never Know About My Daughter
When my daughter died at 37 weeks, my world came crashing down around me. The universe became a raw, emotional, sad place. Each day that I survived was a miracle and every moment that I lived and she didn’t, felt like a curse. Shortly in the beginning of our healing process, I remember my husband…
Wearing Memories
At any moment, I am wearing multiple items that represent and help me remember my son. They are small tokens that provide a concrete thing to aid in intentionally remembering him. To most people, these items probably don’t scream that they are memorials for a baby gone far too soon, and that’s okay. They are…
The Mailbox: An Unexpected Trigger
Hey mama, I want to give you a heads up – especially if you’re just starting your grief journey. Your postal carrier is soon going to be your least favorite person. I’m sure they’re lovely and I know they’re just doing their job, but there are times when they will send you into such a…
How Do You Honor Your Child’s Memory?
It’s hard to believe it’s already been 4 1/2 months since we lost our son, Brady John. Â In many ways, it feels like it happened yesterday. Â Yet, I feel as if I am 100 years older. Â I’m sure many of you experience this same feeling of time warp. Â Over the past few months, we’ve done…
Gestational Trophoblastic Disease
GTD. What’s that, you wonder? When you’re preparing for or expecting a baby, your mind is full of acronyms like BBT (Basal Body Temperature), AF (Aunt Flo), DPO (Days Past Ovulation), BFP (Big Fat Positive), FTM (First Time Mom), PG (Pregnant), and OBGYN. If you were to Google the acronym “GTD”, it’s likely that the first result is…
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