I recently traveled to Denver to visit some friends and family. It’s only been six months since we moved but I miss them so much and I had to return to see them. While there, one of my friends brought up the talk I gave at Our Lady of Mount Carmel on miscarriage. The talk…
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First Catholic Book on Miscarriage
My article was finally released! The interview was a blessing and Makena wrote so eloquently about the first Catholic miscarriage book, Donum Dignitatis: The Catholic’s Guide to Miscarriage. I will admit I am nervous when interviews and articles come out. They open me up to criticism and I just don’t handle that well. I’m praying…
I’m Having a Miscarriage
It’s hard to believe that in my late 40’s I am pregnant. When I discovered my pregnancy, I did what most new pregnant mothers do, searched the internet for advice. I wasn’t searching for the latest in technologies, I was searching for stories about natural pregnancy at age 47. Unfortunately, most resources on the internet…
Donum Dignitatis: The Catholic’s Guide to Miscarriage
It’s finally happening, The Catholic’s Guide to Miscarriage is coming! I’m in the homestretch to completing this work. I can’t say it’s been a long time coming but it’s been in the making for over two years. Of course, the manuscript sat for quite some time until the Holy Spirit tapped me on the shoulder…
She Would be 11 Today!
It’s hard to believe I would have an 11 year old right now. A girl, approaching her teen years but I know if she was born, I likely wouldn’t have my other children. I think of her often still. I think about what she would be like and the things we would be doing together….
Miscarriage and Stillbirth – A Daily Occurrence
Yesterday I received a phone call from a grieving mother who had a miscarriage at about 16 weeks of pregnancy. She was calling because she had no money and didn’t want her baby to be sitting in a cold fridge at the coroner’s office. She was desperate to find a final resting place for her…
I Still Miss You
Nine years ago on Palm Sunday, I prayed a rosary for you with your daddy in the pews following Mass. We had never really prayed together before and certainly not at the church. As we prayed, I felt that the prayers would lead to nothing. I was desperately trying to save you and it was…
Dear Self Magazine: Change on Miscarriage Starts With You
Self Magazine published an article on August 5, 2016 entitled When You’re Having a Miscarriage but Have to Work Anyway, by Zahra Barnes. This article helps bring to light many of the pressing issues women who miscarry face such has social stigmas and having to work through a miscarriage. Many women don’t realize that miscarriage…
On this day, May 11
Last year, he was born on May 11. Silent and still on the ultrasound just days before, we knew his birth was inevitable. It was devastating. Our 4th and thought-to-be last child, gone so quickly. We were so excited to be pregnant with him, naturally and at our age. It was a miracle. But he was…
They lost a child for goodness sake!
It isn’t called a miscarriage, it’s called a stillbirth. They lost a child for goodness sake. This is a very interesting statement and it implies that a woman experiencing a miscarriage, did not lose a child. If she didn’t lose a child, what DID she lose? For me, the moment I discovered I was pregnant,…