Elizabeth Grow is an editor and content writer for Love What Matters. A graduate of Utah State University, she now lives in Las Vegas with her husband and two dogs. Elizabeth loves sharing stories that raise awareness for neglected populations within our society, particularly the mentally ill. She loves music, any kind of DIY craft project, and a good movie.
“Though you may feel alone in your miscarriage, the opposite is true. There is an entire community willing to open up about the hard details of their miscarriages.”
“To all the brothers out there, let’s love our younger sisters like a princess!”
“I beg you, please quit asking. Quit assuming it is a choice we all have. Because for some women… it is not.”
“Sometimes you get the girl I want to be, and other times you get the girl I became just trying to survive.”
“I would be so dope sick I had to get my stepbrother to go get me a pill because I couldn’t get off the couch. I’d acquire my dope, and before I even put the substance in my body, I felt better.”
“I get it…babies are a gift, but it wasn’t a gift I had on my life registry right now.”
“Normalizing something is making it the standard, and I will never accept this as the standard for my life.”
“If you or someone you know may be suffering from postpartum depression, don’t wait to reach out.”
“It may not look like celebrating in the traditional sense, as typically that doesn’t involve cemeteries and tears, but it will be our own little version of celebrating the day.”
“We sat anxiously discussing nursery themes, names, and how long it was taking. My husband was ready with his phone to record our baby’s heartbeat, but the tech kept asking odd questions. ‘Is something wrong?’ I see my husband put away his phone and the tech goes to get a nurse for a ‘second opinion.'”
