“Have you discussed plans for Baby A? She is downstairs in the hospital morgue.”It’s a moment I’ve never really talked about, yet it’s an unfortunate reality for those of us who have experienced the loss of a child. As new parents, my husband and I were supposed to be planning our nursery and …
If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all
Alright, friends…can we have a little chat? We need to start lifting each other up, not tear each other down. A stranger recently came up to me and was shocked by how I looked. “WOW! People say the camera adds 10 pounds, but it adds so much more! You look good in person, but boy, the camera …
Bereavement leave is not enough: something needs to change
Exactly 12 weeks after I delivered my triplets, I received a phone call from HR. They were wondering when I was coming back to work. I remember my heart racing, the anxiety building, as I burst into tears. Just 12 weeks earlier, I delivered three children more than 17 weeks premature. In that …