Birth & Loss

She had been in a marriage for ten years that would only last a year or two longer. Her first child was six and a half years old. Her second child would have been turning three were they not buried in a cemetery 45 miles from where she and her family then lived. She had moved a little more than...

I didn’t walk blindly into the befogged  chasm In fact I  hurtled myself down at breakneck  speed knowing it would  hurt knowing it would  steal me of  my youth  And yet not knowing  what love  I would  find there

There’s milk and a sweet smell. The bed sheets, mangled. The bed is gravity—I slink toward it, whether I want to or not. I live in a body I do not know. A lot of people never bounce back. I went through a big thing but no one wants to hear about it. It’s too hot and I’m not used...

Stella's pregnancy was a combination of my first two. I was really sick the first trimester then felt pretty good the second and really good the last trimester. It just kept getting better. I had just finished my first module at the Artemis School, ending with the full moon on the Summer Solstice and was on a total high from...

From the woman I haven’t seen since before the pandemic: “I didn’t even know you had a baby!!! How’s it going? Got it all figured out? Ready for another one?” From the dude I hadn’t seen since the pandemic ended: “Ah another pandemic baby! Nothing to do at home during covid other than that, huh?” From the slightly more informed...

Let me start by saying how fantastic my pregnancy was. I never got sick and was able to stay very active up until the very end. I LOVED being pregnant. I did not have any health insurance at the time though, so we looked for options outside of the mainstream hospital birth. I was quite sure I wanted to have a...

Skylar Let me paint a picture for you of my daughter. To see Skylar is to see the biggest, glittery eyes you have ever seen. They are love marbles. They light up constantly, especially when my son is around. And during breakfast. She has light brown hair that is starting to curl around her ears and at the nape of...