I Didn’t Know If I Could Love You
June 27th, 2022 | by Alexandria Bolden
Uncertainty is natural, but hope is real. And if you rely on it, lean into it, the hope outweighs the uncertainty and the doubt every time
Browsing the "loss" Tag
This Was Not The Plan: On Birth, Grief, and a Pandemic Delivery
June 17th, 2022 | by Molly O. Kemper
It’s disheartening to hear someone sigh so morosely every time she looks up your vagina
Ghost Stories I Have Told My Son
May 12th, 2022 | by Jessie Carson
“Tell me our family’s secrets,” my son said to me one night when I was putting him to sleep. I
A Story of Two Births
April 26th, 2022 | by Jennifer Alessi
Someone hit the call button. No one came.
Choosing the Bear: On Considering Foster Care
December 7th, 2021 | by Cheryl Klein
I want to root for parents to get their kids back, but does that mean rooting against myself? Can I do this
How to Make Pumpkin Bread 15 Years Later
October 5th, 2021 | by Megan Hanlon
Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir to combine grief with anger, relief with trauma, her eyes with yours
Water I’ve Loved: Camp Kiwanis Infirmary
September 10th, 2021 | by Pam Wye
The woods at camp were always so dark
The discordant refrain of what-if what-if what-if?
July 13th, 2021 | by Jessica Zucker
Our grief doesn’t dissipate overnight, nor are our feelings about what we’ve lost replaced by the overwhelming love of those resting safely in our arms.
Water I’ve Loved: When Dad Died
June 11th, 2021 | by Pam Wye
When dad died, my mother was drunk on the couch