Who is the judge? Am I? Are you?
Dear Bereaved Mother on Mother’s Day
This Mother's Day and every Mother's Day in the future may not be how you imagined it. It may not look like other people's. It may not feel warm and fuzzy. You may not feel strong enough to grace the day with a smile. You may not want to partake in any form of celebration.
Celebrations After Stillbirth
What do you want for your birthday? I don't blame anyone for asking me. It is my birthday after all. I wouldn't expect people to let it go by unnoticed. But I just can't relate to the word want anymore. I don't understand how I could want anything ever again.
Changes & Lessons
We had talked so much, at length, for hours about the kind of parents we wanted to be. We had done for years. We wanted to take the best bits of those around us, of ourselves too, and form a healthy, well rounded lifestyle for the three of us.
Fraud : What Does a Mother Look Like?
've had this odd feeling when I've been out and about lately and I couldn't quite put it into words, but I think I've worked it out as fraud.
Remembrance
What made me smile is that when we go, over the years, we will get to see life thrive in the growth of the forest. Life that should be thriving in our home.
Belief
In my poem to him at his graveside, I asked him to rise above like the Phoenix that you are and look after us.
When Grief is a Brick to the Stomach
Sometimes it's like you're still just waiting, waiting for the baby to come.
The Legacy of Leo 