If you could change one thing about your grief, what would it be? Last month I attended my first grief support group. I was incredibly nervous. It wasn’t specific to baby loss and I wasn’t sure if I’d feel comfortable airing out my feelings. I was in tears before even walking inside. That day,… Continue reading What I Would Change
I was still at the hospital when they asked me… “will you choose cremation?” The question left a ringing in my ears. I felt panic rising in my chest. My tears instantly spilled over. My baby’s perfect little body was to be reduced to ashes….. It was the morning of Christmas Eve when I was… Continue reading Bringing Home Baby
He looked just like his daddy. He got his furrowed eyebrows and his tiny chin. When the light hit just right, little bits of red shimmered in his hair. That red hair, just like we had always dreamed he’d have. He got my nose; that little button nose. His fingers and his toes were all… Continue reading Lincoln Everett
You do have to start somewhere, right? I have been considering writing a blog for some time now, but I haven’t known where to start. Too much has happened. There’s too much to say…too much to feel. So I’ll have to begin by telling you that my newborn son died. I start here because this… Continue reading This is Where I’ll Start
