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I am shaped by my grief

June 5, 2013 Leave a Comment

To those who say not to let my grief define me, I say, "Why not?" Our everyday experiences shape who we are. So why not the extraordinary ones that rip our hearts open? A heart that knows mourning is Continue Reading »

Filed Under: Calvin Phoenix, Design, Grief & Loss Tagged With: baby loss, mourning, remembering

Grief after grief

March 23, 2012 Leave a Comment

Suzuko Kondo Zapanta

This is a photo of Mama Sue from when she was younger and lived in Japan. We buried her this afternoon. We released balloons, sang a Japanese children's song that she taught us when we were younger, Continue Reading »

Filed Under: Family, Grief & Loss, Life Tagged With: funeral services, Mama Sue, mourning

“Because Grief is As Real as Love”

August 2, 2011 Leave a Comment

One Who Soars and In Mourning Bracelets

Because grief is as real as love, I mourn. I mourn my babies by saying the same things over and over, by finding different ways to say these things again and again: I hear them with each step I Continue Reading »

Filed Under: Calvin Phoenix, Family, Gaelen Evangeline, Grief & Loss, Honor & Remember, Life, Louie, Poetry, Rainbow Baby Tagged With: mourning

The 5th Belongs to Calvin – Right Where I Am: 822 Days

June 5, 2011 Leave a Comment

822 days = 19,728 hours = 27 months = 1,183,680 minutes = 2.25 years = 71,020,800 seconds. That's how long I've been without my son. That's how long it's been since I delivered Calvin into this world Continue Reading »

Filed Under: Calvin Phoenix, Family, Gaelen Evangeline, Grief & Loss, Life, Miscarriage, Projects, Self-Discovery Tagged With: baby loss, hope, mourning, remembering, right where i am project

K is for Kinetics (Moving “foward”)

May 13, 2011 Leave a Comment

K is for Kinetics - Unpacking Grief

When people tell me you're so strong and I can't imagine and I don't know what I would do, a part of me feels like I'm showing a false front. To some degree, I can understand what they mean: how Continue Reading »

Filed Under: Grief & Loss, Unpacking Grief Tagged With: a to z challenge, mourning

Threads of Hope, Pieces of Joy: Lesson 8 – Learning to Let Go

April 24, 2010 Leave a Comment

I really like how this lesson opens — it addresses the fear I expressed in lesson 7 about acceptance meaning forgetting: What does it mean to let go? It is not the same as forgetting and it not Continue Reading »

Filed Under: Calvin Phoenix, Faith, Rainbow Baby, Walking With You Tagged With: mourning, poems for baby loss, pregnancy loss

Tearful, Empty-Armed, Hurting Praise

February 2, 2010 Leave a Comment

“Walking With You” was created by Kelly at The Beauty of Sufficient Grace to help support those who have lost a child. Together we share our stories, helpful information, scriptures, encouraging Continue Reading »

Filed Under: Calvin Phoenix, Faith, Grief & Loss, Life, Miscarriage, Rainbow Baby, Walking With You Tagged With: angie smith, baby loss, mourning

The 5th Belongs to Calvin: Blessed to Be Broken

January 6, 2010 Leave a Comment

Holiday greetings in memory of Calvin and Rainbow

From Our Family to Yours I don't want to be a Scrooge-y Mommy I've been meaning to post that greeting on my blog, since I don't have all of your email addresses, and some of you I know only Continue Reading »

Filed Under: Calvin Phoenix, Grief & Loss, Miscarriage, Rainbow Baby Tagged With: baby loss, baby remembrance, healing, holiday remembrance card, losing your baby, mourning, pregnancy loss, The 5th Belongs to Calvin

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