Managing the holidays There’s no doubt, any holiday can be a nightmare after a miscarriage. First there’s the family, who look at you sympathetically and say stupid things while they […]
Events to Suffer Through
Deanna
Holidays
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On Surviving Mother’s Day
Deanna
My first Mother’s Day is gone from my memory, fried out, no doubt by several factors. My only baby had died just 10 days before. At church that Sunday, all […]
Mother’s Day Give Away #3
Deanna
Comment on this post to win a copy of In the Company of Angels: A Memorial Book on Mother’s Day (US holiday, May 13.) This book is designed just like […]
Mother’s Day Give Away #1
Deanna
I know this week is bittersweet for many of us. You’re here because at least one of your sweet babies didn’t make it into your arms. Mother’s Day is forever […]
Mother’s Day Give Away: Your baby’s name in a movie credit
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UPDATE: The three Olsen angels won the movie credit! Over at A Place for Our Angels: Memorials for Miscarriage and Stillbirth Babies, we’re having a HUGE Mother’s Day contest. We’ve […]
Special e-cards for Mother’s Day
Deanna
Mother’s Day is a really tough day for a lot of people. I blog about the holidays all the time (read some here). I know many of you this year […]
Fear at Christmas
Deanna
UPDATE: I went ahead and set up a support topic for those who need to find each other over the holiday and talk to other grieving moms-to-be during this very tough […]
Ideas for Mother’s Day
Deanna
Oh, what a troubling day this is, especially if you have yet to bring a baby home. One of the reasons I started Casey Shay Press was to come up […]
Managing the holidays after loss
Deanna
So many of you are writing me lately. I don’t mind at all, but I do worry about the sudden increase in despairing moms who have lost their babies during […]
A Day for Dads
Deanna
Certainly, dads grieve differently from moms. I hear from the occasional dad after the loss of a baby. Usually he is worried about mom, wanting to know what he can […]
On Mother’s Day
Deanna
This Sunday we celebrate Mother’s Day in the US. If you are at this site right now, I know your dreams of motherhood are not going the way you thought they […]
Managing the Holidays without Baby
Deanna
Here in the US, we are coming up on another Thanksgiving, and for those of you coming to this site right now, thanks is not something you may feel like […]
Thanksgiving among the Less than Thankful
Deanna
A holiday about giving thanks is sometimes about as welcome as the drunk uncle who siphons all the rum off the rum cake. Here you are, and what has happened […]
As Mother’s Day Approaches
Deanna
I know it can be a hard day. Every marquee at every restaurant touts it. Sentimental commercials broadcast emotion. Your inbox swells with gift suggestions. The grocery store explodes with […]