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I Will Be Brave

crystalAugust 27, 2016 Life, Music & Songs, Poems, Self-Discovery 0

That moment when you realize that you feel all the things — "good" (grateful, blessed, lucky, privileged) and "bad" (scared, anxious, worried, unconfident) — and that's what being alive is. You know when people choose a word for the year as inspiration? I think I've finally found my word. My husband,

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"But just because they can't feel it, too, doesn't mean that you have to forget" (from "The Call")

Two Songs

crystalAugust 29, 2015August 29, 2015 10-Day "You" Challenge, Honor & Remember, Life, Music & Songs, My Babies 0

(Day 9 of the 10-Day "You" Project) "The Call" by Regina Spector "I Will Carry You" by Selah

Book Review: Sufficient Grace by Kelly Gerken

crystalApril 2, 2015April 2, 2015 Book Review, Christian Books & Bible Studies, Faith, Resources & Support 1

Kelly Gerken’s Sufficient Grace is the story of a couple whose relationship outlasted high school romance, teenage pregnancy, multiple losses, and questioned beliefs — even as their marriage fractured under the weight of grief and fear. It is the story of their children: Tim, their first son; Faith and Grace,

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Custom Calvin’s Cupcakes

Custom Calvin's Cupcakes are now available for $7 each. With a custom remembrance cupcake, you can fully customize the cupcake by adding your child's name and choosing the cupcake flavor, frosting, cupcake wrapper, background color, and candy toppers. You may also make special design requests. The cupcake will be posted on

Capture Your Grief – Day 24: Forgiveness

crystalOctober 26, 2014October 29, 2014 Capture Your Grief 2014, Life, Projects, Quotes, Self-Discovery 0

"Forgiveness doesn't excuse their actions. Forgiveness stops their actions from destroying your heart" (Karen Salmansohn). 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 any age or gestation.” Learn how

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Capture Your Grief – Day 19: Give

crystalOctober 23, 2014November 2, 2014 Capture Your Grief 2014, Faith, Grief & Loss, Projects, Quotes 0

"Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God." (Leo Buscaglia) 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 any

Capture Your Grief – Day 15: Community

crystalOctober 15, 2014November 19, 2014 Capture Your Grief 2014, Grief & Loss, Honor & Remember, Poems, Projects 0

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 passed from liquid to air, from inside to outside. Passed down by mothers whose children have

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Capture Your Grief – Day 12: Music

crystalOctober 15, 2014October 16, 2014 Calvin Phoenix, Capture Your Grief 2014, Charlie Bastian, Gaelen Evangeline, Grief & Loss, Music & Songs, Pixel Clementine, Projects, Rainbow Baby 0

"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 after he was stillborn, how I felt during each following