Heidi’s Pieces

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

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Ask the Founder

My name is Heidi Faith, and I am the founder of stillbirthday.   Many of the visitors, mentors, Love Cupboard coordinators, doulas, and other team

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I Am a DOLIU M0M

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

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Munoz and Benson

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

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Which Side Are You On?

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

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Bondage of Bereavement

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

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When You Can’t

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,

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Piggy Bank

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

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Fasting for Life

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.

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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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