One of the big reasons I started Courageous Mothers was because, in deep grief, I needed someone to tell me it would get better, but I had a hard time finding something like that on the internet. A lot of articles you’ll find that are written by bereaved mamas are pretty hard and sad. Obviously,…
Tag: healing
Last Christmas: Navigating holidays after infant loss
It’s hard to believe that we’re already in the last quarter of this year. Before you know it, we’ll be packing up Halloween decor and creating menus and place settings for Thanksgiving. After that, we’ll flip our calendars to December and the pre-Christmas frenzy begins. For those of us who have suffered pregnancy and infant…
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. 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….
Surviving the Aftermath
Featured photo credit: Paulina Rozpondek It’s been four years since my daughter was stillborn and what once seemed completely impossible isn’t so impossible anymore. I have survived. That is something I did not think I would be able to do after losing Zia. I am able to stand, smile and laugh about silly things. I…
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…
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. In many ways, it feels like it happened yesterday. Yet, I feel as if I am 100 years older. I’m sure many of you experience this same feeling of time warp. Over the past few months, we’ve done…
What does “healing” mean to you?
I wrote a post recently on Letters to Jonah about healing, and about what that word means to me. I feel like it’s important, so I’m sharing it here! In the post, I talked about how I’ll never be “healed,” but there are certain things that I can do that feel like healing – that…
The Road to Recovery
Broken. It all starts with the words “I’m sorry, there’s no heartbeat.” In that moment, I felt my own heart shatter into a million little pieces. I’ve been wrecked – mind, body, and soul. Body. My whole life I’ve faced illnesses, broken bones, and allergies. I’ve had multiple minor surgeries over the last 12 years. Nothing…
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