Without fail, every time I miscarry I spend a significant amount of time questioning everything. WHY is on repeat, over and over like a skipping CD. I question the body that betrayed me. I question the food I put in my body, the kilometres my feet walked during those weeks. I question the temperature of the… Continue reading Creating a Legacy: Finding Sense in the Senseless
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A Letter To All The Babies Who’ve Left Us Too Soon*
*originally published here. Dear Baby, We miss you terribly. To even use the word terribly doesn’t do justice to the gaping hole that’s permanently etched into our hearts, our souls, our psyches. We thought it’d scar over and we’d move on in some unnatural way but it hasn’t. We don’t know if it ever will.… Continue reading A Letter To All The Babies Who’ve Left Us Too Soon*
Saying Good-Bye to The Baby I Never Held
When we lose someone we love, we typically have memories to remember them by; the smell of Grandpa's cologne, Grandma teaching you how to bake, the shirt Dad slept in all the time. We grieve the loss of the love we can't show them anymore. There's no more late night conversations over wine at the… Continue reading Saying Good-Bye to The Baby I Never Held
How To Be There For Your Grieving Loved One
Grief is not linear. It is up and down, sideways and crossways. It ebbs and flows. Grief has no agenda or timeline, no matter how much you try to negotiate with it for one. Grief has a mind of its own, one that rarely makes sense to you. It moves deep into your soul… Continue reading How To Be There For Your Grieving Loved One
What We Don't Do 