So, You’re Not Christian
This very week, stillbirthday has been here for 2 years. And, this very week, we have reached over 1,000,000 families. We are growing and reaching
This very week, stillbirthday has been here for 2 years. And, this very week, we have reached over 1,000,000 families. We are growing and reaching
This is about womanly issues. My youngest child, most likely my last child, is weaning. And it’s left me feeling limp, small, and awkward. I’ve recently
An open letter to those who have hurt me through their faith. And an open letter to those whom I have hurt through mine.
The public pool. I’ve heard that spending just a few minutes looking into a fashion magazine can significantly lower a woman’s self image. Bright colored
It comes on fast, and it comes on strong. Jealousy. Hurt. Rejection. Disappointment. Fear. And, anger. These are all parts of jealousy. I cannot define jealousy without
This weekend I spent the most beautiful time with fellow allied healthcare professionals: doulas, midwives, friends. On the flight home, I was overwhelmed with appreciation
My parents met in Las Vegas. Both raised in conservative Christian homes, and both rebelling. Both addicted to drugs. Both criminals. The day my mom
When I was a little girl, I was raised in “the system”. I lived in foster homes and orphanages. At 15 I aged out of the system,
This is the beginning of this new place at stillbirthday, called Mothering Our Mourning. Mothering Our Mourning is a place of short revelations I feel I’m given on
I am so excited to tell you that I published my first book, entitled The Invisible Pregnancy. In the book, a mother is gently “dared”
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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