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
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Mothers
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21 years and counting
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Pregnancy Loss Remembrance Day was not always a thing. Before social media, before the Internet connected us, grieving mothers cried alone. Only once we all were able to find each […]
What 19 years can do
Deanna
It’s interesting to think about where my life might be if things had gone differently on this day in 1998. Emily wouldn’t be graduating from high school next week. My […]
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 […]
On Loss, Hope, Faith, Trying Again, and TTC #5
Deanna
You know you’re caught up in trying to conceive when someone asks you what the day is and you immediately say, “Cycle Day 4!” I never thought I’d be in […]
Mother’s Day Give Away #2
Deanna
So many things out in the world are there just to help Baby Loss Moms. I’m always amazed by the talent and love that so many mothers put into their […]
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 […]
Another April, another Angelversary for Casey Shay
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Sometimes when women arrive at my Facebook group for those currently going through a loss, they ask, “How long until I get over this?” All I can say is, “Fourteen […]
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 […]
Angel Feature – Neveah
Deanna
When Casey Shay Press ships out an angel book, we ask moms if they’d like to photograph some of the pages from their filled-out memory book so that we can […]
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 […]
Dia de los Muertos
Deanna
At the candle lighting last month, I had the pleasure of meeting Hannah Silk Kapasi, an artist local to Austin. She let me know that as part of the Mexic-Arte […]
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 […]
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 […]