Kristin 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.
So here's the thing: I'm almost a month late writing this post. Yeah, I've been busy, sure, it's hard to find time to write when you've got a 4-month-old at home. But the real reason I am so late is that I feel like I have nothing to say. Nothing. You'd think that would be a good thing. I mean after my daughter died, I remember just begging to … [Read more...]
I never really dealt with 'body image issues' growing up. I mean sure, I had the same insecurities about the way I looked that every girl has from time to time, but overall, I was pretty happy with my body and truly confident in my own skin. But that all changed the day my body failed me in the worst way possible; the day it failed my baby. My … [Read more...]
There is this little knit bear hat that I bought when I was about 12 weeks pregnant with my first baby. For months, I thought about the day when I would get to see the sweet little girl growing inside me wearing it on her sweet little head. I dreamed about all the pictures I would take, and how her birth announcement would say, "welcome to our little … [Read more...]
My son should be turning seven. Seven. So far I’ve survived five of his birthdays without him. Five. He was killed when he was two. Two. It doesn’t add up. It hasn’t since the day he was violently robbed from me and it never will. Just thinking about another birthday without him makes me want [...]
Guest Post by Megan Skaggs My first Mother’s Day was an incredible mix of emotions. I didn’t really know whether to be happy or sad; or crying or not. I remember feeling quite numb. Our surviving twin son, Will, was about 10 months old. His identical twin brother, MJ, had been dead for about 9 [...]
