I came for flowers. That was the whole reason behind my trip to the grocery store. My son and daughter had a dance recital that night, and they anticipated being greeted afterwards with bouquets of flowers. I just needed to grab two cheap bundles, pick up a couple of other groceries, and be done. ButContinue reading “Flowers”
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How I Navigated Bitterness Toward Pregnant Friends After My Loss
Written By: Redlynn Kaufmann-Townsend When I had my first miscarriage, three of my friends were pregnant. We had been friends since high school, and while our lives had taken divergent paths, we had remained friends through college and boyfriends and broken hearts and nutty professors and new boyfriends and fiancés. We were bridesmaids at eachContinue reading “How I Navigated Bitterness Toward Pregnant Friends After My Loss”
Naming and Honoring Our Miscarried Babies Years Later
After experiencing a miscarriage, it can be difficult to know how to grieve. Many parents, like my partner and I, may even push away the pain, feeling as if it somehow shouldn’t hurt since the loss happened early on. But after two miscarriages, I learned that a loss is a loss, and it is neverContinue reading “Naming and Honoring Our Miscarried Babies Years Later”
I Could Never
“I could never” I told everyone. Told myself. I could never walk into someone else’s loss. To look at another’s dead baby and be reminded of my own son I had lost. How could I enter that space again that had nearly destroyed me? And then not only enter it, but be the source ofContinue reading “I Could Never”