I can still hear it. The music I used to listen to that reminded me of you. I downloaded it to my iPod and would plug in my ear phones to become lost in imagining your face, your smell, your smile. Held, by Natalie Grant. I have blogged about that song a few times. It…
Author: Elizabeth Petrucelli
Random thoughts on losing a child
I spent much of today thinking about this bereavement doula journey I am on. I have been surrounded by stories of miscarriage and infant loss much of today and it’s draining so much out of me. I just want to sit and cry for all the parents who have lost a child. It doesn’t matter…
Bereavement Doula Training
It’s almost time for my first step of my bereavement doula training journey. On October 1st, I will be participating in the bereavement training offered by The Wishbone Foundation. I am very excited to be attending this training. It has become more and more apparent that I need it and I would like to use it. I…
The Bereavement Doula
What is a bereavement doula? This is a person who provides support to a family experiencing a pregnancy loss. For me, most recently, a bereavement doula is someone who provides emotional support and resources to a family that the hospital could not provide. I had the unfortunate experience of assisting a family through a loss recently and while it…
That “crazy” client. How do you handle her?
I met my doula for lunch today. She is such a joy in my life and while we don’t see each other often, we text and chat (online) almost every day. I envy her passion and excitement for doula work. I used to be there but am still burnt out despite several years away from…
Our Yellowstone Trip
Well, Timothy is around eight weeks old for this trip. Isn’t he cute? Here he is sleeping on mommy while waiting at the Old Faithful Geyser. I can’t believe we have taken him through five states since birth. Our trip was pretty fun. It was a great LAST trip of the summer before we all returned…
These horrible random thoughts!
Dear Timmy, On vacation, I continue to have these random thoughts of you being dead. I hate these thoughts. I don’t feel like there is any reason to be having these thoughts but they enter my mind at odd times and I can’t stop them. For instance, while changing your diaper and putting your nightgown…
Stillbirth
This morning I received a notification about a stillbirth. I am always so saddened by these notifications and I know there are many stillbirths throughout the day but for some reason this morning, I received this one and read about it and watched the video created by the doula that attended to this family. For the…
Aurora Shooting One Year Later
It’s exactly one year from the Aurora Theater Shooting. I DID return to the theater in January of this year and I have watched a few movies there since it reopened. Joey has even seen movies by himself in the theater; which is something we thought we would never allow again. The theater is completely…
He’s Here!
So we had our little boy on his due date. It was quite a journey and still is right now but for those waiting for the birth story, here it is! My water broke spontaneously while I was lying in bed at 6:15am on 6/5. I felt the POP and the baby jump at the same time. I…