Tomorrow morning, at exactly 12:01, my first baby would have turned 10. Ten years feels both like a lifetime and yesterday all at the same time. Somewhere along the way, numbness and shock turned into surviving. Surviving into a dark sadness that sucked all the colour out of life. That sadness … [Read more...]
Loss and Longing
My daughter, Lilly, died 11 years ago at the age of 20 months from a rare mitochondrial disease. In addition to a small trunk of her belongings, I kept several of the plants given to us at meaningful times in her short life. These plants were given to us when she was born, the first time she was … [Read more...]
Bereaved Mothers Day – An Open Letter
Dear Friend, Family Member, Professional or Personal Supporter for Bereaved Parents Today, the first Sunday of May is International Bereaved Mothers Day. You haven't heard of it? Then read the next paragraph explaining it. If you know about it, skip to the next heading. Bereaved Mothers Day? … [Read more...]
From Lost to Love & Hope
It all started when my son's father lost his dad, David. He lost his battle with lung cancer 6 weeks after being diagnosed. The day they put a port in him, he was given a dose of morphine and I watched his heart meter slowly but so fast go silent. My son Kyle, 16-years-old at the time, was … [Read more...]
I Entered This World
His brother was six. He had been asking for a sibling for more years than I could count. That year, I finally got to tell him I was pregnant. On New Year's Eve, we had made a joke about no siblings that year and he had wept. He didn't yet fully realize the year would be over in four hours. In … [Read more...]
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