(Submitted by Helena’s dad) No one sees you. Anger, humiliation, helplessness, and a deep, crippling sadness. Grief for the loss of your baby, for the loss of all the future memories, for the loss of your previous life. Grief because you love and because you love in a way you have never loved before. Nothing…
Submitted by Raveena’s dad, Rish. Dear Raveena, It’s snowing for the first time in years. The circumstances are far from ideal. I know I should be worried but I feel oddly calm. I don’t remember if I saw or heard you first but your cry makes me feel relieved, as does seeing you- you look…
Submitted by Jude’s dad, Kevin. Hey Jude — It’s been three years since we met you on Mother’s Day, May 8th, 2022. Our lives have changed so much since then, and it’s compelled me to stop and reflect. There are so many things we should be doing with you this year — enrolling in minor hockey, hitting…
Submitted by Harper’s dad, Brett. It has been 894 days since 11/3/2022 when Harper Grace Champlin was born still. It feels like both an eternity and just yesterday that we held our baby girl in our arms. Life has returned to a semblance of normalcy, although the concept of what is normal is ambiguous, as…
Submitted by Jonathan (Theo’s dad) The day I found out we were pregnant, it was the last thing I expected to hear that day. We tried naturally for almost a year and had to turn to IVF due to medical reasons. I remember it being a random day during the two week wait period after…
Submitted by Mark (Abel and Lucy’s dad) Father’s Day is multifaceted. Any holiday really is, so this is not a comparison over which has it subjectively “better,” “worse” or vying for victimization points. It’s just a true, authentic, realistic, focus on Father’s Day. I do have to preface that societally, Father’s Day is celebrated differently. …
Submitted by Paul (Teddy’s dad) On the morning of Dec 30, 2022, my wife and I lived every parent’s worst nightmare. We woke up to find that our child Theodore, who we call Teddy, did not. Our beautiful boy was 15 months old; walking, talking, growing, and curiously exploring the world the way one-year-olds do.…
Submitted by Ethan (Cana’s dad) As a loss parent, the holiday season seems to bring a hurricane of emotional turmoil each and every year. In what should be a season of hope and joy, the bells you used to hear now ring empty. Returning to nostalgic holiday traditions, music, and movies is like looking through…
Submitted by Ethan (Cana’s dad) Cana, It’s been one year since we met you, and one year since we lost you. Even a full year later, the details of those 30 hours between finding out that your heart had stopped and meeting you face-to-face are as vivid as ever. Standing motionless on the patio at…
Submitted by Jeremy (Kenny’s dad) The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindsides you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday. Those words were never truer than on Wednesday December 12th 2018. I sat at my desk, a normal morning at work. I…
