Anxiety. Depression. Afflictions that can make a sufferer feel like a tiny boat lost in a violent tempest. They can be especially agonizing after the birth of a child. After all, welcoming a newborn life into your family should be a joyous occasion, not one that leaves you feeling anxious, dejected, or even angry. If [...]
Losing your baby is earth-shattering. A destructive quake in your heart and your whole being that changes the landscape of your life. Stillbirth hurts in hundreds of ways. It's disorienting. It knocks you down. And for a while, it keeps you there. Please know that you are not alone. It makes sense that you want [...]
“Out beyond ideas of wrong-doing and right-doing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about.” –Rumi For the past nine months, my three-year-old daughter has been taking me back to parenting school. The irony, that this amount of time [...]
