Loss is not a dirty word.
To anyone that has never experienced a loss, specifically a child loss, the statement may seem silly. Anyone who hasn’t gone through the intense pain of losing someone so tied to your heart, mind, and soul often dismisses that a majority of the pain actually comes in the days weeks, months, and years after the initial loss. Nothing can compare to that moment you realize your baby will not live to be a toddler, teen, or adult; but a close second would be the uncomfortable, awkward look on someone’s face when you say you are a survivor of a child loss.