Tagged: #Loss


Husband kissing wife in wheelchair while daughter plays

We Laugh and We Cry

The words stop me when I come across them, … “the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people…” They make me pause and close my eyes. I relate so well to such a paradox of emotions. I understand joy dwelling with heartbreak […]

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Grateful for the Baby We Never Knew

“How do you feel?” My husband’s voice asked through the anesthesia. My hand moved heavily to the spot where a baby had grown.  “Empty,” I whispered. He scooped my tear before it hit the pillow and then wiped his own.  It was a hard loss the day the ultrasound recorded no heart beat, made worse […]

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