About Kristin CookKristin writes about her experience with stillbirth, pregnancy after loss, and now parenting after loss at Dear Stevie. She is also the Founder and Director of Faces of Loss, Faces of Hope, a 501c3 nonprofit organization that provides support for survivors of miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant loss.
She draws me rainbows and colourful swirls and announces to me “This what heaven looks like, Mummy. My big brother is there. He died. But he is in heaven now, so it is okay. He has special lights on his hands”. River, my daughter, sees things that I cannot. She tells me stories about [...]
It’s inside the spaces– the pauses– the infinite stillness– that I most palpably feel the emptiness you’ve left behind. It’s the silence of your missing voice that screams the loudest. It’s every holiday that’s impossible to truly celebrate. It’s the painfully absent goodnight routine. It’s the missing you in every picture of our forever-one-too-small family. [...]
