Tag: motherhood
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The Weight of “Someday”
My entire life has been filled with “somedays.” Someday I would graduate high school and then college, someday I would become a nurse, someday I would have a pretty house, someday I would have my dream wedding, and someday I would be a mother. From a young age, I knew exactly what my life would…
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The Quietest Mother’s Day
Last year on Mother’s Day, I told my husband I hoped to be a mom by the next Mother’s Day. We had just started trying to conceive our first baby and had no idea what the next year of our lives would look like. I was pregnant by the end of July. My dream to…
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The In Between: The Community of Loss Moms and the Reality of Motherhood After Stillbirth
Within the first few days after delivering Nathan stillborn, I received a visit from Sam. Sam’s daughter, Selena, was stillborn in 2022 (check out Selena’s Lovies on Facebook!). She asked me if there was anything I wanted or needed to talk about. Sitting on my couch, still heavily bleeding and wearing a postpartum diaper, I…