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Monthly Archives: March 2015
I’m still here
I feel like I’ve hit a dry spell when it comes to this blog, and to some extent, commenting on others’ blogs (though I still read and “like,” the lazy person’s method). I’m not sure why; part of it was … Continue reading
Sharing our pain / Olive trees
In a recent sermon about the Garden of Gethsemane, one of our pastors detoured to talk about the olive trees that grow plentifully there. She said: “The Garden of Gethsemane has some of the oldest olive trees in the world at … Continue reading
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Tagged #babyloss, #community, #gethsemane, #hope, #infant loss, #jesus, #olive trees, #peace, #regeneration, #shelter, #tree
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Born irresponsibly
I’ll apologize in advance that I’m feeling super-judgey again today. But I keep seeing commercials for this show, and it’s driving me BATSH*T CRAZY. Have you seen them, for Lifetime’s new series “Born in the Wild?” In case you haven’t, … Continue reading
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Tagged #born in the wild, #epidural, #homebirth, #irresponsible, #lifetime, #medical community, #midwife, #natural birth
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In gratitude for good moderators
Since last June, I have been following a post on Glow in the Woods asking for success stories for pregnancies post-placental abruption. I keep hoping there will be a story like mine, and then a success (no luck yet). I’m hoping … Continue reading
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Tagged #baby, #babyloss, #glow in the woods, #NICU, #placental abruption, #preemie, #prematurity
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Spa Day!
So my Spa Day was this weekend! It really was such a nice treat. I asked K to take some professional-style photos of my afterwards so I could update my LinkedIn, FB, Twitter, etc. with something more recent (I think … Continue reading
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The church and trauma
God and the church are touchy subjects in the babyloss community (really, in every community, amirite?). I bristle whenever I hear someone trying to make themselves feel better by telling a babyloss mom that “It was God’s will” or “God … Continue reading
Different anchors, different oceans
Mary Tyler Mom, one of my favorite Chicago local bloggers, has needed anchors a lot in her life – during her daughter Donna’s cancer and after Donna died, and now, helping her elderly father as he suffers declining physical and mental … Continue reading
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Tagged #anchor, #babyloss, #cancer, #chicago, #grief, #mary tyler mom
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baby boy blue 