Heidi’s Pieces

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

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Celebrating the Small Things

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

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When Faith Hurts

An open letter to those who have hurt me through their faith. And an open letter to those whom I have hurt through mine.  

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Swimming With Life

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

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The 6 Parts of Jealousy

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

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Show Me a Miracle Today

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

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What Will You Give?

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

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A Hurting Faith

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,

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The Beginning

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

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BIRTH & BEREAVEMENT QUOTES
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After your death you will be what you were before your birth.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

— William Shakespeare

Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory.

— William Barclay

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

— John Ruskin

You left and I cried tears of blood. My sorrow grows. Its not just that You left. But when You left my eyes went with You. Now, how will I cry?

— Rumi
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