Tag: grief
I Wasn’t Always an Only Child
One of our contributors wrote an amazing and heartfelt post. While I thankfully don't have to come up with an answer to that particular...
An Innocent Question That Can Lead to a Very Hard Answer
They seem like an innocent question, "How many children do you have?" Or "Is she your first?"
After September of 2014, the answer to these...
I’m a Motherless Mother
May 1st. Today would have been my mom's 70th birthday. I imagine we would have had a big party including all of her friends...
Remembering Grandpa {sharing memories}
My dad died tragically and unexpectedly just before my twenty-first birthday. We were very close and his absence became even more painful when I...
Autism Mama
My eldest child, Elle*, was diagnosed with autism at age three and a half.
Oddly enough, I was relieved. As a teacher, I couldn’t figure...
Dear Rainbow Babies: A Letter to the Precious Babies Born Following...
As October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, it seemed important to not only remember the lives of our sweet angel babies but also...
The Letter We Never Wrote
1:18. That was the odds given to us that our second child would be born with Trisomy 21 (better known to the world as...
Her Name Was MaryJean
In honor of infant and pregnancy loss awareness I am sharing my friend Lisa's story:
Her name was MaryJean.
I never got to hold her....
How Grieving Can Change When You Are a Parent
Last spring, Julie wrote a great post on helping kids deal with grief after they experience the loss of a loved one or a family...
Moment of Silence
Last year, I sat quietly at my desk while an entire office scurried around, oblivious to what this day was until someone noticed that...