"i thank You God for most this amazing" e.e. cummings (1950) i thank You God for most this amazing day: for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky; and for Continue Reading »
Capture Your Grief – Day 16: Retreat
Gone off the grid. Capture Your Grief is an annual, 31-day mindful healing project that consists of photography and reflection. It is for “anyone who is grieving the death of a baby or child at Continue Reading »
Capture Your Grief – Day 14: Light and Dark
The white "One Who Soars" and black "In Mourning" wristbands are from the MISS Foundation. The March of Dimes wristband (purple) is from the March for Babies. Capture Your Grief is an annual, Continue Reading »
Capture Your Grief – Day 13: Season
Calvin, Rainbow, Gaelen, and Pixel — I feel your absence more acutely when the sky is filled with white and the air smells cold and heavy. I miss you most in the moments before rain. Continue Reading »
Capture Your Grief – Day 15: Community
Like Songbirds Born of the first mother to ever outlive her child, it wrote itself into our DNA like songbirds. It rang through my insides and buried itself inside my belly the morning my son Continue Reading »
Capture Your Grief – Day 12: Music
"All of Me" is one of those songs that just overcomes me. It sums up how I feel about every one of my children — how I felt when I learned of Calvin's amniotic band syndrome and then held him Continue Reading »
Capture Your Grief – Day 11: Altar
The spaces of our home are filled with the presence of all of our babies. Capture Your Grief is an annual, 31-day mindful healing project that consists of photography and reflection. It is for Continue Reading »
Capture Your Grief – Day 10: Support
There are no right words, but your presence speaks volumes. Thank you for staying with us, remembering our children, and sharing in our story. Capture Your Grief is an annual, 31-day mindful Continue Reading »
