Born on Christmas Eve
She learned she was pregnant while the late summer sun was hot in the sky. Two tiny pink stripes of motherhood and two flushed pink cheeks
She learned she was pregnant while the late summer sun was hot in the sky. Two tiny pink stripes of motherhood and two flushed pink cheeks
Told by: Kayla My second pregnancy started just the same as first. The morning sickness reared it’s ugly head, and I knew. My husband was
Told by: Angela I have had 5 pregnancies and only have three living children. My first pregnancy I was 16 years old and had a
Death is, at best, an uncomfortable subject, and at worse, a terribly frightening thought that most would rather run from. We have even gone so
The question seems absurd, and jarring. Why? Because we mothers love our children endlessly. Even mothers who have faced elective abortion know, that a “right
What birthing options do you have, when your baby dies before birth? Is giving birth at home an option? How could you receive support to
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Told by: Elizabeth My water broke on 7-15-13 at 10:30pm. She was kicking her father as we talked to her about an hour after that
Told by: Tiona At 5am on Tuesday 5th February 2013 I gave birth to a baby boy at home. He was 20 weeks &
Told by: Erin I love birth stories. I love hearing the hard roads mama’s travel to bring their babies into the world, the stories are
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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