Well, I finally did it!! After a year of researching and planning and hesitating and procrastinating, I finally launched the Tiny Angels Project. You may remember me discussing it before, but it is finally falling in to place. There is still a lot of work to be done and packages to put together and volunteers [...]
Since my loss I have noticed the need of support for mamas and families experiencing miscarriage or stillbirth. While I was able to find a support group, they meet once a month which doesn’t make it the most available or personal support.
So… here’s my plan:
1. Volunteer Doula services for mamas going through a miscarriage or an impending [...]
I haven’t been able to find a whole lot of resources or information for mothers who lose twins to miscarriage or stillbirth. I think there are different aspects that need to be covered when addressing the grief of losing twins. I have found information on specifically twin loss in the sense that the mother has [...]
I co-organized a conference that just passed last weekend. It was a whirlwind of information, amazing speakers, great company and a rollercoaster of emotions. The conference was all about Birthing, Breastfeeding and Bonding. It’s my passion, but my loss has added a different perspective to all of those things.
During the conference this great woman came [...]
As I was scrolling blogs a while back I read, “After a loss, friends become strangers and strangers become friends”. While I have not had any friends become strangers following my loss, in the past I had become a stranger to a friend who experienced loss before me. I reached out to her and she retreated and isolated [...]
Have you ever heard the saying, “It Takes a Village to Raise a Child”? Well, I think the same applies to a broken grieving woman. After my experience I was and still am so dissappointed in our small city and the health care here. I live in Lethbridge, AB, Canada and even though we have [...]
For my whole life I’ve been very involved with music. Whether it be playing the piano or listening to some rock and roll, I always attach to songs and let them take me away.
I particularily like this song by George Canyon, “my name”. It’s a song written for a friend of his who had experienced a miscarriage. [...]
