Heidi’s Pieces

Prepare Him Room

Christmas is an indictment before it becomes a joy.” – John Piper Losing our children likely has brought many, if not all, of us closer

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Bereaved Veteran

My dad served in Vietnam. Horror stories of this misunderstood war, and of my misunderstood father, are all I have. My memories of him include

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This Day, Still Tomorrow

It’s that feeling, when you find out that you are pregnant, and you peer into your calendar, excitedly counting down the weeks until the gender

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Growing Up

I’ve been putting it off for a few days. Collecting clothes that my youngest living son has outgrown, to pass along to my cousin, for

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Subsequently

On the hot summer night of June 7, several years ago, a woman began to labor her child, her daughter.  The father of the child lay

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Irish Twins

When two babies are born nearly a year apart, they are said to be Irish twins.  This happens when one baby is conceived three months after

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She’s Not My Rainbow

Parents who have endured pregnancy and infant loss often refer to subsequent children, born after their miscarriage or stillbirth experiences, as “rainbow babies”, the idea

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I am miscarrying. Now what?

Told by: Heidi Faith This post was originally written in my doula blog, one month after my loss, as we were only preparing to build stillbirthday.  If

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Introduction

Hi friend.  My name is Heidi Faith. As I travel this path of life, I am blessed to have four, beautiful children; three handsome, jovial,

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BIRTH & BEREAVEMENT QUOTES
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You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.

— J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

If a physician of high standing, and one’s own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression—the very worst thing I can do is to think about my condition—what is one to do? . . .
Personally, I disagree with their ideas . . .

— Charlotte, The Yellow Wallpaper

What a beautiful mess she left behind.

— Franchesca Cox

Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?

— Jesus

Zeroes count.

— stillbirthday
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