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Christmas is an indictment before it becomes a joy.” – John Piper Losing our children likely has brought many, if not all, of us closer
Christmas is an indictment before it becomes a joy.” – John Piper Losing our children likely has brought many, if not all, of us closer
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
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
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
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
“We need to get that debris out of there.” After I gave birth at home to my tiny but perfectly formed miscarried baby, those words still make
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
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
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
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,
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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