The Beginning of Her Story
Told by: Kelly I’m 37. I have four living children ages 10, 8, 6, and 3. All of their pregnancies/deliveries were peaceful and uneventful for
Told by: Kelly I’m 37. I have four living children ages 10, 8, 6, and 3. All of their pregnancies/deliveries were peaceful and uneventful for
Told by: Markera I met Charles in 2001 and by July 2003, we were married. We had talked about having kids, it seemed, almost from
Told by: Giselle Oct. 31, 2011 – Dec. 19th, 2011 My husband, David and I, had been married for almost 4 years, since October 19th, 2007
Told by: Krysten My maternal Great grandmother lost a young toddler to Polio My other Maternal Great grandmother suffered several miscarriages in silence My maternal
Told by: Sarah I had a very traumatic birth experience. It was everything opposite of what I had imagined and planned. I planned a natural,
At New York University Tisch Hospital, the backup generator failed, as the storm called Hurricane Sandy hit. This lower Manhattan hospital was quickly lined outside with ambulances,
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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