They Were Gone Before I Knew There Were Two
Told by: Lori They were gone before I knew there were there… before I knew there were two. My beautiful twin babies. I went in
Told by: Lori They were gone before I knew there were there… before I knew there were two. My beautiful twin babies. I went in
Told by: Judy I tried to get pregnant for several years. I carried twins for 4 1/2 months by in vitro fertilization and lost them.
Told by: Heather I am a mother to three children who all are gone to miscarriage. Our first was Gracie, she was 14 weeks gestation,
Told by: Nicole On September 9th, 2012 my life as I knew it changed forever. It was the day I lost a piece of me.
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separating its numerous strands, appreciating its subtle nuances. She was a prism through which sadness could be divided into its infinite spectrum.
No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.
I am strong.
When someone you love dies, and you’re not expecting it, you don’t lose her all at once; you lose her in pieces over a long time—the way the mail stops coming, and her scent fades from the pillows and even from the clothes in her closet and drawers. Gradually, you accumulate the parts of her that are gone. Just when the day comes—when there’s a particular missing part that overwhelms you with the feeling that she’s gone, forever—there comes another day, and another specifically missing part.
They say time heals all wounds, but that presumes the source of the grief is finite.
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