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PAIL Awareness Day Again

I looked at the clock and realized I was 2 minutes late. Willing myself to get up, even though it worsened my migraine, I walked into the kitchen to get a lighter and then into the bedroom to get Jack…

Embracing the Unexpected: The Story of Our 5th Baby (So Far)

To understand this story, you need to go all the way back to 2020. I was pregnant with our fourth baby, a little girl named Ellie, and I was miserable. And not just because there was a global pandemic going…

Why You Shouldn’t Compare Your Hard to Mine

My story tends to intimidate some people. They seem to think that their hard can’t possibly compare to mine. They haven’t had a miscarriage. They haven’t had to struggle with infertility. They haven&#8217…

How to Help Someone Going Through a Pregnancy or Infant Loss

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…

Frequently Asked Questions

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…

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