“I can prepare and clean my house for 3 hours the 1st few times you come for a visit. But I can only pretend it is usually this clean for so long before you find out the truth. One day you will stop in because you forgot your sweater, and you will see the underwear one of my boys flung on the couch and the dinner dishes piled up from last night.”
“Our dreams of becoming parents were gone instantly.”
“I kept thinking to myself, ‘Is my child alive? Why can’t someone just tell me what’s going on?’”
“This was one of the most nerve wrecking moments in my life. He kept slowly telling me to ‘breathe.’ I knew this was actually a reminder for himself.”
“My children don’t even know we lost a third baby, our sixth pregnancy, last year in August. As I say these words to them, for the first time in over a year, I feel something new in my heart: peace.”
“His mom cried tears of joy.”
“I turned to Michael and we were both sobbing, and for some reason, it occurred to me for a second that it seemed really quiet for Disney World. As we turned our heads to the massive line behind us, the entire mass was smiling and wiping tears.”
“Together we can make the world better for all of our children.”
“He came into the bedroom to wake me up, just as he had done every day of our relationship. Only today was different. My entire life had been flipped upside down in an instant, and no matter how hard I tried to get it back, it was gone.”
Step 7. Don’t close your eyes to make your baby close theirs. I promise they’re still open.
