To the Visionaries
To the visionaries, the hopefuls, the longing-to-doers. I’m not going to tell you about the issues – the many issues – of recreated wheels. Of
To the visionaries, the hopefuls, the longing-to-doers. I’m not going to tell you about the issues – the many issues – of recreated wheels. Of
My name is Heidi Faith, and I am the founder of stillbirthday. Many of the visitors, mentors, Love Cupboard coordinators, doulas, and other team
What is DOLIU? Doliu, pronounced \’dō lēyo͞o\ is a Romanian word, literally meaning mourning, which traces to old Russian dolium, an earthenware cask or vessel, often
With Canada to the north and Texas to the south, I cannot help but see the parallels of recent experiences that two families endured. Two
Ah, the questions. Even years later, I still get them. Once, after supporting families and before returning to care for the needs of my own
Before we begin, may I preface that this is in the category of Heidi’s pieces, a place where I am free to share my personal
As if bereavement isn’t hard enough, there is an element that can color even the most hopeful, positive person’s journey a heavy, smudgy mess of deep,
I’ve seen many variations of the thankful jar: a container that you jot down your joys or blessings, watching it fill, so that at the end
We are in the month of October. October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance month, as declared by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 – 25 years ago.
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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