Grief is hard and it’s isolating and it’s lonely. I can’t count the number of times I have broken down simply because I feel alone in my grief and I feel forgotten. And Judah feels forgotten…
Some days, I just wake up cranky and unwilling to get out of bed. Maybe the baby was awake multiple times that night. Or maybe my toddler woke up three hours early (my life for the past several days). Or…
While I try to answer questions about Judah and our story as well as I can, sometimes, the answer is long and complicated or I just don’t have the mental energy to answer them because the answer is painful…
At the end of 2019, I was feeling hopeful for a new decade. I was finally getting some answers for my health issues, our home life had stabilized a bit for the first time in years and I thought maybe…
My hope these days looks so different – it the hope of seeing my Judah, as well my Jack, lost to miscarriage at 9 weeks gestation, again in heaven. Sometimes I feel so guilty that I am looking more forward to…
I’m so glad you’ve found your way here! My name is Miri. I’ve been married to my sweet husband for 8.5 years now after getting married at the tender young age of 19…
On August 22, 2016, a blue little baby boy was born. Doctors rushed him to the baby bed and worked hard to give him oxygen. Once he pinked up, they took him away to the NICU and I didn’t…
Dear Judah, I’ve been thinking a lot about you the past few weeks. I’m always thinking about you, but, usually, your brother distracts me enough to keep you just on the edge of my thoughts. These past…
January 12, 2017 was one of the worst days of my life. January 12, 2018 was one of the best days of my life. On January 12, 2017, we had been basically living at the hospital for 3 days…
The first year of parenting after loss is almost complete. My rainbow baby turns 1 on Saturday and I have learned so much from this first year. The year didn’t start out like I thought it…
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