“We were going to honor Victoria with the sparkle that she left behind with all of us.”
ALL THAT GLITTERS: Mom honors lost child with ‘the sparkle she left behind’ in dazzling rainbow baby photos
‘As a motherless daughter, my day looks a lot different from yours’
“Some days I just dial her number to see ‘Calling Mom’ on my phone.”
’25 days before the one-year anniversary of my husband’s death, a Facebook memory popped up’
“It slams you back to a time when you knew what was important, and what wasn’t.”
Cancer-stricken woman bravely plans for her own death: ‘Give your loved ones a roadmap’
“Where would you want to be if you were dying? It’s a morbid question, and emotionally laden, but it’s one that may be asked when you are diagnosed with cancer.”
‘On a holiday or any other day, it’s OK not to be OK.’
“Just because something is right this year might not be what is right next year, because as we grow and change in our grief, our lives and our choices will too.”
‘NEVER, EVER GIVE UP’: After 5 miscarriages, rainbow baby was ‘worth every second of the wait’
“Even now I can feel my heart ache as I remember each of my 5 miscarriages, angels I will never get to hold. You just learn to dance in the rain while waiting on that rainbow!”
‘She messaged me, ‘Don’t worry. I’ll be home in the morning.’ I told my husband something was wrong. I finally laid down, only to be woken by my doorbell minutes later.’: Mom tragically loses ‘beautiful’ daughter to heroin overdose
“It was 3:44 a.m. I remember walking to the door and seeing a woman standing through the window. I thought it was Ashlyn. As I got closer, I realized it was a woman and a man, both in suits with badges. They were there to tell me my baby had died.”
‘There is a fallout from death that extends beyond the first year. Please, don’t forget us in the second.’
“My grief is not gone. My grief did not end when the first 365 days came and went. My grief is still raw. It is still painful. And it is still very present.”
“Please don’t forget to show up when you can, reach out when you have a minute, and sit quietly with us in our grief, even if it’s now different.”
‘The grief was his alone to bear’: Father’s despair dealing with son’s death as wife suffers from dementia
“When Jeff’s name comes up she will ask, ‘Who?’ and he will once again explain to her that it is her son, and he died from cancer.”
‘I approached the window as a middle-aged woman with my hair in a bun, and my face wet from crying, I could barely speak.’: Grieving woman struck by coffee barista’s ‘simple act of kindness’
“This small thing has literally changed my life, and I hope you remember that as you go on with yours.”
