The last two years have been tumultuous, full of change, growth, steps forward, and steps back.  A divorce. Two moves.  A new home with a ...

You would never think they are comparable, but they are. Who has it worse? Everyone loves to play this game. If asked, everyone would say cancer. ...

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 ...

What I wish I could tell the non-loss community: My grief overwhelms me. Some days I sit and cry all day. Some days I’m so angry ...

On the tragic day that Jack Teigen-Legend lost his life, I woke to a very kind text.  My friend was warning me the news was ...

 I want to live in the before. It’s a land of abundant sunshine and green grass. A place that I once lived and where I only thought I ...

My grief is heavy today. There is no one to tell. No one to turn to. I must be resilient and self-reliant. The clock stopped ...

We have this image in our heads of the people in our lives. We see what they do for others in times of need. We ...

To my friend who asks about my pregnancy. Thank you. Thank you for realising I want to talk about it. Thank you for realising my pregnancy ...

By Clare Hedges I was scrolling through my phone at the end of May and saw an advertisement that gave me that sick feeling in the ...

This one is for the fathers of our children. The ones that were there for us through our pregnancies, our tears, our grief, our surgeries. ...

Those early grief days were some of the hardest days of my life. I say that as a survivor of child abuse. I say that ...

By Alison Ferrera Bereaved motherhood and a pandemic is complicated and there is much to say, but let me just start by saying COVID-19 sucks.  It sucks ...

By Clare Hedges I woke up this morning with a desire to get some words out of my head and onto paper. It has been a ...

Well, the world has pretty much gone insane and it is my goal to write this post without using the words “unprecedented times”.  Because I ...

By Chelsea Roman The days and weeks after the death of my daughter, Athena, I’ve been flooded with “I can’t imagine” and similar comments; they are ...

By Amii Whelan "I think they should let those with children go home early for Christmas, it's hard for those of us with young kids", "I'm ...

Losing our babies changes everything in life for us.  We lose not just our babies, but the future we had envisioned with them. We lose ...

By Chelsea Roman I don’t want to talk about it.   (Yes I do.) I’m doing alright.  (I am anything but okay.) What I really mean is I don’t ...

The internet is both one of the best and the worst things to happen in the world of grief support. We now have websites, pages, ...

By Necol Dickson Dear Family,  I know that me deciding not to be involved in Christmas this year may come across as seeming rude, inconsiderate and hurtful. ...

By Amy Peterson As a popular blogger and fellow loss mom wrote, we live in a pregnancy and baby obsessed society. “Mom culture” has exploded in ...

By Gina Onorevole (Editor's note: this article does touch on faith, keeping positive, and hopes for future living children; if these are sensitive topics for you, ...

Earlier this year, I wrote about one of the phrases I hate, namely when people accuse us of being 'stuck' in our grief.  A writing ...

By Deborah Hansen In the months, and even years, after the moment those dreaded words were spoken, “I am so sorry, there is no heartbeat”. (And, ...

Growing up, I assumed that parenthood was a given; you grew up, got married and had kids. The college you went to, the job you ...

As a single Mom of an angel son, who also chose not to have other children, many have met me at different stages of my ...

It’s that time of year again, where my Facebook memories from 2012 cryptically allude to my pregnancy.  We hadn’t announced, yet - soon, but reading ...

One common experience of bereaved parents is the unhelpful comments that are so often directed at us. One of the ones that I most hate ...

By Deborah Hansen Ladies, it is time to take back our bodies! I have lived in this body for 47 years. Before seeking medical intervention to have ...

I am a Still Mother. That much is infinitely true. But, this is only one aspect of my existence and my story. While it is ...

By Alison Ferrara *Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on Alison's blog here. At some point in our lives we will all encounter grief.  It may ...

There are so many things that losing a baby steals from a Mom. We lose innocence, optimism, fulfilled dreams, hope, maybe faith and some really ...

Sometimes, I find myself reading posts from Moms that are at the very beginning of their loss journey and my heart aches for them. The ...

Recently, I had a professional experience in which someone intentionally utilized my blogs about Kendall as a way to discredit me. The implication was that ...

We are midway through January; keeping with the zeal of New Year's resolutions and hope - I'm on a real organization kick in my house. ...

By Antonietta Bocci Grief is often classified as consisting in a variable number of stages, some of which include guilt as a necessary step towards healing ...

By Amy Peterson Grief is messy. This is a simple truth that much of society still doesn't want to accept. Some people try to sugarcoat it. ...

Happy Holidays! Such a simple wish, seemingly full of joy and comfort. Yet, for those who are missing a baby or child during this season, ...

By Crystal Barber As you grow up, there are always topics of conversation that seem to take place with every new person you meet. It starts ...

Last month marked what would have been Kendall’s 20th birthday. I spent it alone, as I have almost every other one, yet this time was ...

I thought today would be different.  Isn’t that cute?  Six years of mourning and I thought it would be different.  Six years ago today, we ...

October 20th will mark what would have been Kendall's 20th Birthday. Yet, like every other year, there will be no celebration. There will be moments ...

by Antonietta Bocci As a grieving mother of a baby girl born and lost six months ago, I’m in the middle of what they call “the ...

By Stephanie Martinez No one remembers our babies. At least not until someone in the family gets pregnant. Then its “don’t tell Stephanie” or “How do ...

I was 28 when I was surprised by the news I was pregnant. I was taken back by the news but I was also excited ...

I went a co-worker's wedding a few weeks ago. It was more of a work obligation than a social one, but I felt I had ...

By Sue Dagg Life isn’t fair. This is a phrase I remember having repeated to me over and over by my mother when I was growing ...

I’m approaching my 6th year as a loss mom; which is a bit crazy - it means some how, some way, I have survived the ...

It’s been a year and a half since my daughter, River, died. December 22nd, 2016, was the day the old me died too. I no ...

Grief waves strike without warning. A beautiful day full of celebration can turn on a dime and the sadness and tears can overwhelm all other ...

By Alison Ferrera As I write this I am acutely aware, as I always am, of exactly how long I have lived without my daughter.  Six ...

I have been following the news, much like I’m sure many of you are, the Mama Orca is on her 16th day of carrying her ...

By Brooke Long Just last weekend, while driving home from seeing my two amazing godchildren, I heard the new song “Life Changes” by Thomas Rhett for ...

By Sue Dagg We need to talk. No, not you, new Loss Mother and Loss Fathers. You focus on whatever gets you through each moment. I ...

That horrible night in the ER twenty years ago was the loneliest I have ever been. My heart was breaking, part of me wanted it ...

(Editor's Note: This article does touch on hopes and fears of having another child. If this is a sensitive topic for you, please read with ...

(Editor's Note: This article does touch on termination for medical reasons and religious talk of seeing your child again; if these are sensitive topics for ...

As the Mom of an angel baby, who at the time of his loss was no longer in a relationship with his father, Father’s Day ...

Today is my sweet daughter Celia’s birthday. She would be two years old. I have been struggling with the fact that this anniversary seems to ...

By Sue Dagg I have a secret; one that I would actually prefer for others to know. This secret echoes inside my mind every time I meet ...

I'm starting to get annoyed.  Yup, you've been warned.  Six years since we buried Thomas; and many years since I let go of the dream ...

So, here we are again, approaching Mother's Day as we do every year. Until I lost Kendall 20 years ago, I had no idea there ...

As of today, it has now been five years since my fifth miscarriage. May 2nd should be about raising virtual wands in memory of those who ...

By Sue Dagg When I was a little girl, I remember saying to my Mum, “it’s not an excuse, it’s a REASON!” That seemed like an ...

{Editor's Note: This article deals with trying to conceive, infertility and the hope of a living child after loss; if these are sensitive subjects for ...

by Brittany Sherlock Two years ago my life changed forever. Two years ago my daughter was born sleeping. Two years ago I held my beautiful perfect angel for ...

April 14th will mark the 20th loss anniversary of my son Kendall. Twenty years of tears and joys, losses and loves, hopes and dreams shattered ...

“It’s just too sad. I don’t want to think about that…I can’t be around it.” I remember when I had this switch you seem to be ...

By Alison Ferrara Dear New Momma, You are about to embark on the scariest, most heartbreaking, most beautiful journey of your life.  You think you know this ...

Here comes an understatement: it isn't easy being a Still Mother.  It isn't easy to walk around with a heart full of love and empty ...

To My Acquaintances Who Did Not Hear: This is for all of you who see me regularly but are not my friends, to those who knew ...

Those of us who have been single as full grown adults know that most in our age range have children, and at this stage of ...

I lost my daughter.  That is my truth. Once I got over the initial shock of her loss, and accepted that truth, I knew I had ...

*Editors Note: This post is about the author’s struggle with faith, religion and personal beliefs after loss. If faith is a triggering subject for you, please proceed ...

When you lose a baby no one ever tells you how completely and utterly alone you feel once you come out of hospital. I think ...

Grief really is like the wave that so many people relate it to. Sometimes you feel as if you’re drowning, sometimes you are just barely ...

Dear Expectant/Newborn Mother, Let me just say that I am so happy for you.  I am so happy that your baby is healthy and that you are ...

When I found out I was pregnant with Kendall, I was no longer in a relationship with his Dad. There were real reasons why the ...

At 11.50PM, September 6th 2017, I gave birth to death. My first son was stillborn at 36 week gestation and – as every mother would ...

It’s now been 21 years since I said goodbye to my first child, the amethyst color of my heart.  The day of her miscarriage, I ...

There’s not much that you can say you “expect” after the loss of a child.  Every day is unexpected; will the grief blindly sneak up ...

I’m reclaiming my daughter’s birth. When I went into labour at 23+4 weeks, I was scared and sad. I’d been on strict bed rest almost two ...

If you did not read my previous posts, Therapeutic Endeavors part I &  part II,  I’ll catch you up. Basically; I had a crappy therapist, became ...

If you read the first part of this post last time, you already know that I had nothing but bad experiences with therapists my whole ...

Have I ever told you about the therapist I saw just one time after my son died? No? Let me tell you now. If I could ...

Recently, I found a box of old pictures - always an interesting and terrifying worm hole to jump down.  These were pictures from high school ...

It has been 19 years since that awful night in the emergency room when everything changed. Nineteen years since the woman I was shifted into ...

When I was early in the grief process, I read an amazing post, over at Still Standing, by the equally amazing Angela Miller.  It was ...

When you are unwillingly initiated into the baby loss “club,” one of the first things you usually learn is what your personal grief triggers are. ...

Grieving the loss of your baby is a very, very lonely road. It is long.  It is slow.  It is isolating. At the beginning you cry endlessly, ...

While I know  that nothing will ever replace the loss of my daughter and I will never stop wondering, “what if”,  as I have worked ...

I had wonderful Christmas mornings, growing up.  My face would light up, as I would peer around the corner and see that stockings had been ...

People ask him how I am all the time. They send me wishes and love, and grieve with me.  But what about him? He goes to ...

I'm a mother. My beautiful baby girl Camila died six months ago and I struggle daily to live without her in my arms. I'm lucky ...

Last Christmas was the first without our sweet boy, and honestly, it was as crappy as I had expected it to be. Between the traditions ...

I am sure for many, the idea of being a Childless Mother, is an oxymoron. For, if one does not have a child, she is ...

OK, I know what you’re thinking… There is nothing worse than a Breakdown. It’s been days, months, and maybe years since you’ve had one. It ...

Do you ever feel frustrated or resentful when you hear people complaining about their kids? Like when your friend vents about how little sleep she's getting ...

I’ve always thought of myself as a genuine and empathetic person.  In fact, I still find that to be true.  However, after the loss of ...