1) Could you share your connection to Empty Arms and how you first discovered this organization? I met Carol many years ago when we both had young families that happened […]
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Do I miss you every day? Good parents say they will, they do. They will think of their lost baby, missing son, dead child, each and every day. I don’t
Miss You Every Day Read More »
By Sara Barry Light and dark. Joy and sorrow. December is a time for these extremes that are parts of the same whole. Darkness sneaks in early and lingers in
Holding Joy & Sorrow Together Read More »
By Sara Barry “How are you doing?” a friend asked, knowing that May is a charged month. Mother’s Day is a complicated tangle of breakfast in bed and flowering plants,
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By Sara Barry “And are your kids healthy?” Thankfully I was still clothed when she asked me, not sitting awkwardly on the crinkly paper at the end of a table
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By Carol McMurrich and Katrina Van Naerssen It was a warm June day when I got the call, curiously on a day where I had planned to work, but didn’t
Knowing Hearts, Helping Hands Read More »
By Lindsey Rothschild, Reposted from her blog Lindsey’s Guide Living in a community is not only about the good times. What can be the most telling is the support your
Finding Support When You Need It Read More »
By Ryan O’Neil My name is Ryan, and my wife had a miscarriage in December 2014. Since that time, one of the many things we’ve struggled with is recognition of
The Location of Loss Read More »
By Sara Barry by Sara Barry Lights flashed and the disco ball made shapes on the floor. Kids shrieked and balls and bins clattered. Typical bowling birthday party. “I don’t
How many kids do you have? Read More »
By Sara Barry In the lead up to Mother’s Day this year, I almost forgot it was coming. Almost. But my body knew what was coming even if I didn’t
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