...Today is National Day of Remembrance for pregnancy and infant loss. This includes miscarriage and still birth. I didn't know this until a few minutes ago but feel I need to blog about it.
I have come along way since my miscarriage. I remember thinking, when it happened, that I would never get over the heartbreak, that I would never feel the same. I kept a journal for weeks following first, because I went through a period where I couldn't sleep then because it was a tool for me to heal. And I remember writing one day that it was a good day. A "normal" day. Which for me meant that I got through that day without the terrible sadness in my heart. This day it just lifted. I am thankful for that time in my life though, because I started drawing again and writing poetry. Things I used to do but stopped for one reason or another. But these are things I love.
I do think about the baby I lost every once in awhile. I wonder things and allow myself to be sad at times. But I realize how lucky I am too.
For my beautiful friends that have gone through this, know today that I will be saying an extra prayer for you and giving you {hugs}. For my beautiful friends that are going through infertility, know that I honor you today too.
2 comments:
I think it's wonderful that there is a day to commemorate those losses (also obviously I wish no one had the losses to begin with). I remember that Gran told me once that Grandma Shaffer had a stillbirth (or possibly a miscarriage) but that no one ever talked about it; Gran didn't even know until Grandma S died and she found a journal about it. (I hope I have all those facts right. That's the gist of it.) It must have been terrible to not be free to acknowledge that kind of loss.
It sounds like you've reached a place of peace about your loss, and I'm glad for that. Wishing peace to everyone else who mourns today.
Praying for you today. Thank you for blogging about it, for sharing your feelings and for telling us about this day we didn't know about.
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