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The Problem with Love | #LoveforShaundi
If you are new here or have stumbled across this page, welcome. You may be unfamiliar with our story. At the end of June 2013, our beautiful baby girl Shaundi was born and she was perfect and such a...
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We Survived
If you are new here or have stumbled across this page, welcome. You may be unfamiliar with our story. At the end of June 2013, our beautiful baby girl Shaundi was born and she was perfect and such a...
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Dead Silence
13 years ago when my brother was killed in a car accident, I was overseas and living in a community of people with limited access to communication tools like telephones and computers. One day, someone...
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Summer Visitor
My best girlfriend from high school came to visit us in May. We had a fun week of running around town, doing things and seeing things, resting, relaxing and enjoying one another. A month later baby...
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No Words: Nothing Can Be Said
People talk about “profound sadness” or “unbearable sadness” or “remarkable sadness” when they discuss losing a child. I don’t understand those words. Those aren’t words I would use to describe these...
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Forever Changed
The conversations I’ve had the past few weeks have just been so warm and loving, so heartbreaking and lovely at the same time. This post is dedicated to all of those mothers and fathers who hurt with...
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October 15th – Pregnancy and Infant Loss – Wave of Light 7pm
There are things that have never touched my life personally so I never knew about them. One of those things was an event, a national day of awareness for Pregnancy and Infant Loss. Tonight at 7pm, I...
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Bad Mother: When We Place Judgment on Parents
To the Man with the Tommy Hilfiger hat and shirt who had three children with him on the hayride at the pumpkin patch, and the help of two grandmothers: I am a bad mother. There, I said it. Is that what...
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Good Stuff: The Good People Who Love Us in Grief
If you don’t personally know me (like IN PERSON, personally know me), then you probably read my blog and think that there is so much in my life that is bad. You probably think that if there is any...
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No Miracles
Some people believe in modern-day miracles with all of their heart. Some people have experienced modern-day miracles. I’ve never had a miracle. Not when I’ve asked for it, when I’ve begged for it, when...
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What Now? What Do You Do After Your Baby Dies?
Photo by Cindy Johnson Family Photography Leaving the hospital without Shaundi was a completely unnatural feeling. I didn’t know what to do. I had just been through the longest, most traumatic, most...
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Forgotten Face
When my first baby was born I used to have nightmares that I wouldn’t know what she looked like. The nightmare went like this, I dropped her off at childcare or daycare or some other unidentified place...
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Heart Repair
If you are new here or have stumbled across this page, welcome. You are probably unfamiliar with our story. At the end of June, our beautiful baby girl Shaundi was born and she was perfect and such a...
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Happy Place?
If you are new here or have stumbled across this page, welcome. You are probably unfamiliar with our story. At the end of June, our beautiful baby girl Shaundi was born and she was perfect and such a...
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Christmas Card
I always wanted to be one of those families that sent a photo Christmas card to our list of loved ones. I used to do it, before kids. Then we had kids and the hundreds of dollars it cost was just too...
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Year 2013: The Year My Child Died
If you are new here or have stumbled across this page, welcome. You are probably unfamiliar with our story. At the end of June, our beautiful baby girl Shaundi was born and she was perfect and such a...
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Oh, Baby: Baby Number Three
I wrote this post almost two weeks ago because it’s all I could do to stop myself from telling you before now. The truth is, I wrote it in my head over two months ago. I’ve poured it back and forth in...
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Don’t Ask: There’s No Answer for “Why?”
If you are new here or have stumbled across this page, welcome. You are probably unfamiliar with our story. At the end of June, our beautiful baby girl Shaundi was born and she was perfect and such a...
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Always Zero #loveforShaundi
If you are new here or have stumbled across this page, welcome. You are probably unfamiliar with our story. At the end of June, our beautiful baby girl Shaundi was born and she was perfect and such a...
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Every Moment Has a Hole
If you are new here or have stumbled across this page, welcome. You are probably unfamiliar with our story. At the end of June, our beautiful baby girl Shaundi was born and she was perfect and such a...
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We Are Good: Child Loss Two Years Later
If you are new here or have stumbled across this page, welcome. You may be unfamiliar with our story. At the end of June 2013, our beautiful baby girl Shaundi was born and she was perfect and such a...
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That Never Happened | Pregnancy & Infant Loss Remembrance Day
If you are new here or have stumbled across this page, welcome. You may be unfamiliar with our story. At the end of June 2013, our beautiful baby girl Shaundi was born and she was perfect and such a...
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STOP IT | No More Speculation in Public Forums
If you are new here or have stumbled across this page, welcome. You may be unfamiliar with our story. At the end of June 2013, our beautiful baby girl Shaundi was born and she was perfect and such a...
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Mann Family Gender Reveal Series Finale
Watch LIVE on YouTube at 7PM EST Today! The post Mann Family Gender Reveal Series Finale appeared first on Indy with Kids.
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Travel with Your Kids – Anywhere at Any Age
During the summer we don’t really tell our kids that we’re going somewhere, we tell them when we’re going home. It’s completely normal for us to be gone for about half of the summer (or more) for...
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