tiny waves
May 9th, 2025 | by Arianne MacBean
A mother is supposed to do the mothering, not the daughter
Browsing the "loss" Tag
Hazy Shade of Winter: Fire, Destruction, and Survival in Los Angeles
January 24th, 2025 | by Cheryl Klein
In bed in my sister’s old bedroom, my son asked, “Will our house burn down?” “No,” I said. In my head I added, knock on wood.
Appraisal
December 23rd, 2024 | by Jennifer Alessi
That Christmas night, my daughter in my arms, my cat by my feet, my heart glowed like a ruby wedged under rock
Passing Notes: On Grief-Craft with Michelle Suzanne Mirsky
December 10th, 2024 | by Jessica Phillips Lorenz
I don't set my clock by the coming sadness
Jazz Solo: Navigating the Muddy Waters of Miscarriage
November 29th, 2024 | by Emily Wittenhagen
On Friday, four days into the awful drawn out saga that is miscarriage, I felt you holding on.
Care and Feeding
November 19th, 2024 | by Frances Badalamenti
I dedicated my book to all the mothers
Eulogy for a Life That Wasn’t
November 11th, 2024 | by Johanna Stephenson
I had fallen unexpectedly and overwhelmingly in love with someone who was ten years into a committed partnership that included iron-clad baby-making plans
Tapestry
June 11th, 2024 | by Sydney Kopp-Richardson
It is hard to know how to hold the person you love the most amidst a devastation you can never specifically know.
Losing Grip: Author Roxanna Asgarian on the Child Welfare System
May 6th, 2024 | by Cheryl Klein
"The systems are clearly biased...but we also see in the Hart story just how many individual acts of bias contributed to these kids' deaths."