By Allison Gauvin We are a family of six: my husband Ben, myself, Julia (6 years), Beckett (would be 4 years), Clementine (would be 3 years), and Wilbur (18 months). My husband and I carry
TRIGGER WARNING: this post is about the loss of an infant. By Courtney Tobin I never knew my motherhood experience would mean I would have to decide on the most compassionate way for my son to die. I
It’s 2:00AM. I’ve been dozing off on the couch in the living room next to my son’s makeshift bedroom that we’ve created for him. It used to be the playroom. We like having him here
When I get nervous in life or death situations, I start babbling to the people around me. Or I throw up. I do best when strangers surround me for these reasons. Kind nurses with cool hands offering
By Elizabeth Mannegren I was eight weeks pregnant when the ultrasound technician turned a grainy screen towards me and pointed out not one but two little miracles. And in that moment, with two hearts
Mama grief is a difficult thing to make sense of. There are expectations I have put on myself. And society has too. We are a fairly traditional family. My husband works and provides for us.
By Heather Bowie. My oldest, this boy who made me a mother, was created very much in my image. The long, lean build, the oval face, and narrow hazel eyes. He’s my reader, the
It’s been over 10 weeks since Theodore came into this world. Ten crazy, lovely and hard weeks. At eight weeks, I wrote this: In the days following his birth I was an emotional wreck, like most mothers.
“To love someone fiercely, to believe in something with your whole heart, to celebrate a fleeting moment in time, to fully engage in a life that doesn’t come with guarantees – these are risks that
By Jessica Paulraj In September 2014, we will celebrate our oldest son’s 3rd birthday. His name is Adam and from what medicine and logic predicted, he was not supposed to live past 2 months. Three
By Aubrie McShane. On March 25, 2012, at 3:54am – I witnessed a miracle. And for the next 90 days I kept witnessing that same, beautiful miracle. You see, deep in the middle of the
