Because This Reminds Me of You

For Jenni

Warm summer sun, shine kindly here.
Warm southern wind, blow softly here.
Green sod above, lie light, lie light.
Good night, dear Heart, Good night, good night.

Pregnancy Loss Questionnaire

I came across this site, BeyondPregnancyLoss.com, via Twitter recently and thought I would share it. The site is maintained by an Australian woman, Helen Abbott, who suffered a loss of her own several years ago. Currently, she is researching a book on pregnancy loss and is asking people to fill out a questionnaire about their loss to aid in her writing. Go check it out and consider lending her a hand.

Long Time, No Post

Well, here I am again...things have been slightly insane in the land of broken hearts the past two months, but I am enjoying some (much needed) quiet relaxation time with my family over the Thanksgiving break. I'll be heading back to life as usual far too soon but I think the worst of the busy-ness is over for me and I'll be back to posting regularly from here on out. (Let's keep those fingers crossed, shall we?)

I was interviewed for an article on stillbirth for Pregnancy Today a month or two ago; you can find the link here if you'd like to read it.

I hope all of you who celebrate Thanksgiving had a day full of gratitude and peace.

My Current Obsession

I don't know how to embed a video in my blog, so you'll have to click on the YouTube link. I just discovered this amazing singer, Ashley Chambliss. This particular video is just a still picture as I couldn't find any good videos to share of the song. And it is a gorgeous song. I wish I could play the piano like that.

Listen. I think you'll like it.

A Statistic Worth Repeating

Yes, I'm still on a blog break - but came across a video on Joanne Cacciatore's blog this morning, with a statistic worth repeating:

Approximately 120,000 children die in the US every year.

Around 80% of them will die before their first birthday.

Taking a Break

Hello everybody - just checking in to say I'm going to take a bit of a break from my blog for a while. I have a little too much on my plate, despite my best efforts to scale back (always, always trying to scale back). I'll return in....well, no more than a month.

At which point I hope I still have readers.