Bereaved Parents

By Kadie Tannehill While the holidays may be a time full of so much busyness and uncertainty in your grief journey, remember that it is a time to reflect on all that you’ve been through during the year. As a loss mom myself, I know the holidays can be a seemingly lonely time, but I…

By Cathi Lammert, Share’s Former Executive Director 1992-2013 On the first anniversary of our son Christopher’s death, December 4, we gathered with loving members of both sides of our families at our church for a Mass in honor of Christopher. After church, we adjourned to our home for a delicious brunch that everyone h

By: Marie Kriedman October is a bustling time of year for our family.  We juggle birthdays, anniversaries, swim lessons, fall sports, a new school routine, homework, pumpkin carving, Halloween fun, and so much more.  After I experienced a miscarriage in August 2020, I learned that October is also Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month. Every… The post Awareness Helps Spread Love and Support  appeared first on Share Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support.

By: Carol-Anne Naylor Although this is written as fiction – and some of the details are fictionalised, this is written from my own very raw and very emotional journey of suffering. A journey born from longing, loss, grief and faith in God. However you experience loss and grief, you are not alone. I send you… The post The Splintered Self appeared first on Share Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support.

By: Karen Struzik As I contemplate on many of the events that occurred 23 years ago when we lost our son to stillbirth, I find that I would want to go back and tell my 31-year-old self several things to help her navigate this impossible grief. I would also like to tell you this: You… The post Navigating an Impossible Grief appeared first on Share Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support.

By: Autumn Purdy I haven’t been pregnant for almost 11 years. My youngest son, who will turn 10 soon, begs for a newborn sibling at certain intervals, and I tell him repeatedly, “Someone has to be the baby of the family, and that special someone is you.” And I leave my response lighthearted, hugging him… The post Impossible Beauty appeared first on Share Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support.

By: Marie Kriedman Our family has many holiday traditions – visits with Santa, writing letters on Christmas Eve, setting out cookies with milk, sprinkling reindeer food on the front lawn, seeing holiday lights, visiting with friends, and so much more. On Christmas morning our brood wakes up to a tree with flashing red and green… The post Traditions Always Include the Baby appeared first on Share Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support.

By: Marie Kriedman I never knew there was a Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness month.  In my mind, October was a month of crisp fall air, pumpkin spice overload, colorful leaves, and pink breast cancer ribbons, before beelining into Halloween. I am now very familiar with the pink and blue ribbon that represents a baby… The post Awareness is needed to reach more moms and Dads appeared first on Share Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support.

By: Marie Kriedman In the immediate days following the miscarriage of our daughter, my husband and I were in a minefield of grief.  We were in shock, still trying to understand how our life had taken such a turn, and we felt deeply overwhelmed. We needed a breather from caring for our children, so we… The post She is Still a Part of Our Family appeared first on Share Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support.