Parents of lost babies and potential of all kinds: come here to share the technicolour, the vividness, the despair, the heart-broken-open, the compassion we learn for others, having been through this mess — and see it reflected back at you, acknowledged and understood.
Thanks to photographer Xin Li and to artist Stephanie Sicore for their respective illustrations and photos.
Sad, sad, sad. Two weeks and three days since Charlotte died. My heart is heavy. I just don't understand why she isn't here & why she couldn't come home with us.
It just f*ing sucks so bad. I don't know what else to say but that. Soon Juniper will have been gone 4 months. I still have drop s of milk and my hair is falling out. But no reason for anything.
It's a big piece of shit pie, no dressing it up. I swear to you that this time next year, or maybe even 6 months from now, there will be hope there -- hope that somehow you CAN keep going, keep remembering them, keep loving them, and keep living and breathing too. I dont think there is anything harder than this, trust that you are experiencing something very powerful, very difficult, and that you WILL come out on the other side. Love to you...
Keep breathing. It's 7 months for us now but I can still remember that never-ending and overwhelming sadness and pain. Be kind to yourself - it does change as time passes. Like others have said this is very difficult but please believe you'll get through this.
I'm so sorry that your children are not with you. It's wrong, so terribly wrong.
I am sorry for everyone here.
Love to you...
Hugs.
Maddie x