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With Thanksgiving approaching here in the US, the entire month of November is often a time of reflection and of identifying people, events and experiences

November 3, 2012 2 Comments

My Heart Remembers

A giveaway! We received such an enormous response from our first giveaway from Handmade Jillry, that we are offering another of her lovely pieces! Enter

October 18, 2012 No Comments

We Still Have Work

{Take a peek at what we are doing for the 2013 Remembrance} A carefully handwritten list of nearly 400 babies, a scarf,

October 16, 2012 3 Comments

Kansas City Remembers

Tonight is the night! If you haven’t yet read my initial invitation, please know that you are invited to join me in releasing 100 glowing

October 15, 2012 1 Comment

One a Minute

Somewhere, a mother is peering over a pregnancy test, and marveling that her life will never be the same again, as she watches an invisible space fill

October 2, 2012 No Comments

Proclamation 5890

. Do you think President Ronald Reagan’s decision to sign Proclamation 5890 drew him to think upon his daughter, Christine, who died at birth 40 years

October 1, 2012 No Comments

Where will you be on October 15?

October is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, as proclaimed by Ronald Reagan in 1988. October 15 is International Remembrance day. What are your

September 14, 2012 11 Comments

It’s Time

Maybe you’ve visited stillbirthday before. Maybe you’ve clicked the share your story tab, and thought about finally releasing it – the tension, the years of

September 3, 2012 No Comments

In Twenty Minutes

In twenty minutes, a mother who has been laboring, in pain, terror, disbelief and anguish, will give one final push, and her silent, stillborn baby

August 31, 2012 14 Comments

Sharing

Review and Giveaway! Sometimes sharing can be the loveliest thing to do. Jill Markijohn of Handmade JILLry often shares amazing items from her shop as giveaways. On

August 1, 2012 17 Comments

BIRTH & BEREAVEMENT QUOTES

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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.

— Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated

No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.

— C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

I am strong.

— January, founder of Birth Without Fear

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.

— John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany

They say time heals all wounds, but that presumes the source of the grief is finite.

— Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Prince

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BECOME A DOULA!

Enroll now in the Birth & Bereavement Doula® program!

We onboard enrolled students into the program by email invitation.

After tuition, you can email heidi.faith@stillbirthday.com directly to expedite this step. Alternatively, if you prefer fb communications, you can join us in Admissions.