“If you struggle with depression or addiction, there is hope. There is life after addiction and there can be recovery. Don’t travel the road alone.”
‘Dani wore her mask very well for many years.’: Mom addresses ties between mental health and addiction
There Is No Right Or Wrong Way To Grieve; It Looks Different For All Of Us
“I would read, ‘I’m sorry for your loss,’ and reply, ‘And I’m sorry for yours.’ The question, ‘How can you do that at the most devastating time of your life?’ was asked of me. I could not yet analyze any of the feelings swirling within me.”
I Gave Birth To My Daughter, And She Died In My Arms Just 6 Days Later Due To Metabolic Disorder
“I exist somewhere between a past I can’t reconcile with a future I don’t want to face. I see you in the stars and in the daisies that you send our way. Not a second goes by I don’t think of you.”
After Losing Daughter To SIDS, Mom Surprised With Miracle Twins To Heal Her Broken Heart
“After a very quiet scan, the tech looked up at us and said, ‘Sorry, that took so long because…there are actually two babies!’ She turned the screen around and sure enough, two tiny little bubbles. It was a beautiful sight, our rainbow twins saying hello to us for the first time.”
‘I had to deliver her, knowing I’d never see her open her eyes.’: Mother shares pregnancy losses, rainbow baby journey
“I was terrified the entire pregnancy we would lose her just like we lost Jasmine.”
‘Neither of us wanted to speak. Could today be the day our baby dies?’: Bereaved mother shares surviving child loss
“We sat outside on a cement bench for what felt like another hour before making the impossible decision to go home. Home without our first child, our sweet baby boy. Home with only a plastic bag representing our time with him.”
‘How am I today? Terrible, thanks for asking.’: Mother candidly shares grief over daughter’s suicide
“To lose a child, in the beginning of her prime, when she had so many dreams to fulfill and so many lives yet to touch, is a journey no one should have to take.”
‘They tried to find the heartbeat. Silence. At that moment, I knew.’: Mom shares story of stillborn daughter
“My eyes still swell when I think about how I will never get to hear her laugh or see her smile. I will never get to put a band-aid on her knee and have magical mommy kisses.”
To My Stillborn Daughter: There’s A Hole In My Heart The Shape Of You That No Child Can Ever Fill
“What I would give just cradle your petite, warm body one more time.”
‘I remember walking out of the hospital thinking, ‘I don’t know if I can survive this.’: Bereaved mom shares heartbreaking loss of baby boy at 40 weeks
“‘I’m sorry, I’m not detecting a heartbeat.’ What followed is a blur. I recall Reece shouting NO repeatedly, but I stayed silent. The world seemed to stop, and I felt like I was watching myself on a TV screen.”