Please note: This piece was written in 2019 and published on my author web site This month, October, is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month (PAIL) and today, October 15, is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, when a “Wave of Light” is lit all around the world at 7pm…

Today is International Bereaved Mother’s Day, which was offically started in 2017 by a mother who lost her child. It takes place the first Sunday in May, one week before the ‘regular’ Mother’s Day in the United States. So, today is a day for mothers like me. I commemorate my…

The tears came early today, close to 10am. Usually they don’t arrive until evening, when the busy-work of the day gives way to more quiet and time for reflection, and when my husband sometimes puts on the news so that I am bombarded by news about this virus. …

I have not been sleeping well lately. I’m not a good sleeper in general, especially when I’m stressed or emotional. I stay up on my phone, reading things, Facebooking, arranging my calendar, trying to assert control over my unruly life. …