Balanced Rock
We text daily a lot of the time. We video chat twice a month. But all four of us have only met in person twice. The first time last May, when one loss was so raw and so wrong in the way it … Continue reading
Category: Grief
October’s Close
As I recently posted and as I wrote last year and the year before, October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, October 15 in particular our day. I was impressed with the coverage this year, especially in mainstream publications such as … Continue reading
This October, Cards and Compassion for Pregnancy Loss
I met Dr. Jessica Zucker this past March at BinderCon L.A. We attended the panel on Death and Loss because we each lost pregnancies in 2012. So, you could say I’ve known her since then—in the way you only know someone, … Continue reading
Overnight
While mowing the lawn a few weeks ago, Ryan noticed a nest of three brown spotted eggs in the tree in our backyard. We swiftly commenced our bird-watching self-education. The mother’s tell-tale orange beak indicated a family of Northern Cardinals had … Continue reading
Brave Empathy
For about a week after my colleague Leslie Forman and I redesigned this site and redirected its message, I sat still, anxious to officially announce it. Why the hesitation? Oh, because grief advocacy is vulnerable work. The front-facing reframe—that my strongest voice is derived from … Continue reading