It’s happened to me multiple times… someone has learned about my loss, and their response goes something like this:
“Oh my gosh, I’m so sorry!” *pause* “wow, I’m so grateful for my kids.”
My motherhood journey has been anything but “normal.” I gave birth to my daughter at the end of 2018, and then had her brother in early 2021. Heartbreakingly, he was stillborn at 31 weeks. After him, I had a miscarriage at 8 weeks in late 2021. Following
Life should look different for us all.
As a bereaved parent, whether you have the option of sitting out holiday festivities this year or not, it is ok (and completely normal) if you don’t feel like celebrating.
Grief adds a heaviness to holidays. Although that weight has gotten more and more
