Remembering Our Babies During the Holidays
The Christmas after my partner and I lost our first son, we bought an ornament for him. A week before Thanksgiving, at nearly 21 weeks, we had found out that …
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How to grieve estranged family and friends during the holidays
At 41 years old, I count myself relatively lucky. I’velost a grand total of two people in my life, both grandparents, one of whom had a terminal illness. Mercifully, both …
Redefining Christmas And The New Year
Oh, how I used to love a big, sparkly Christmas! All of us together, the decorations, carols playing, and food prepared – the excitement, the hugs, the smiles, the presents …
‘I Wished Our Skins Matched’: Actress Sandra Bullock Reveals Her Struggles With Raising Her Adopted Black Children
During a sit down on Jada Pinkett Smith’s Facebook series Red Table Talk, Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock went into detail about the challenges she faces as a white mother raising Black children. Bullock …
Mother Who Gave Birth To 9 Babies Set To Take Her Children Home After 5 Months At Hospital
Halima Cisse, the woman who gave birth to nine babies, will soon take her babies home after they spent five months at a hospital in Morocco. “All of them are getting …
Instagram is even worse than we thought for kids. What do we do about it?
New documents reveal Facebook knows, in granular detail, just how harmful its Instagram app is for many teenage girls, according to a Wall Street Journal report published Tuesday. The newspaper shared …
The Grandmother I Almost Was
These are sentences I don’t get to say. These are feelings I don’t get to share. Neither does my daughter. I remember as if it were yesterday. The day my …
Check On Your Friend who is Pregnant After Loss—She’s Not Okay
People say things to you like: “Everything will be fine.” “This time will be different.” “I’ve got a good feeling about this one.” But those of us who have experienced …
Don’t Tell Me God Is Good
Don’t tell me God is good. Well, at least don’t tell me that when it’s attached to something like: You got the job! (God is good!) You closed on the …
Losing My Daughter To Stillbirth: The 48 Hours From Heaven To Hell
At the breakfast table, my wife told me something felt a little bit different. Without much concern, I told her to keep me posted, and if things changed to call …