“I noticed a tall teenaged boy there and thought it was strange considering he looked too young to be a dad. Then it hit me.”
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‘We won’t wake him up with morning snuggles and coffee in bed. But we will celebrate him.’: Widow shares grief, celebration on Father’s Day
“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.”
‘My baby was there, but the heart was not.’: Woman starts nonprofit in honor of angel baby she lost
“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.'”
‘During the week leading up to Mother’s Day, I wanted to hide away from the world.’: Woman shares heartbreak on Mother’s Day after suffering 3 miscarriages
“It felt hard to breathe that week. Breathing reminded me of the breaths my babies never took. Three babies I would never meet.”
I Didn’t Just Lose My Mom The Day She Died
“I’ve lost her many times over the years, not just on the day she died. But I’ve also found her, too.”
‘My 19-year-old boyfriend was the first person to ever recognize me as a mother.’: Birthmother pleas for recognition of ALL moms on Mother’s Day
“The first Mother’s Day I experienced post placement, I felt hollow. No one said a word. I didn’t communicate that Mother’s Day would be a trigger for my grief, but somehow this 19-year-old boy knew and validated those feelings in a tangible way.”
‘Walking through the cemetery, I found a cookie recipe.’: Woman learns lesson from unusual quarantine hobby
“It was cool to see someone offer a treasured family recipe as a final gift to the world. I had to try it.”
‘I vowed to love you until death do us part. But it seems that wasn’t exactly the truth.’: Young widow rethinks vows on wedding anniversary
“Death didn’t make me love him differently or less, in fact, it may make me love him even just a little bit more.”
‘My rock, my biggest fan, my strongest person, was at his weakest.’: Daughter shares life lessons from father lost to suicide
“I remember holding his big, hairy hand, rubbing his big, hairy, navy ship-tattooed forearm, his head on my chest while I rocked him as if the roles were reversed and he was my child and I was his parent.”
‘Two more doctors rushed in. They were scrambling with the ultrasound machine and saying, ‘Call an ambulance.’: Mom shares emotional pregnancy loss at full term
“My baby was so very still inside me. I wasn’t crying, I was just in shock and rubbing my belly.”