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To Me, That Day
Submitted by Rob (Lila’s dad) You’ll never get over this. You’ll never get past this. You will always be her father. This next year will be hell. It will be full of intense emotions, psychological hurdles, and a pain so deep in your heart that it physically hurts. Your family and friends will be there
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A Day We Will Never Forget
Contributed by Spencer (Parker’s dad) It was a perfect pregnancy. Well, about as perfect as it could be from a dad’s point of view. Other than the first two trimesters working away from town, and then getting a new job locally in the last trimester, things went reasonably smooth. We were 37 weeks, and Parker
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Normal
Submitted by Ethan (Cana’s dad) Leaving the hospital without your baby is not normal. You never thought that the L&D wing of the hospital could be the site of so much grief and trauma for your family. You find yourself desperate to leave the place that is now so closely associated with the hardest day
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Losing Liam
Contributed by Milan (Liam’s dad) Today is the Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. It’s also the day that our son Liam was due to be born. Liam was born prematurely on August 9 and died shortly after birth. My wife Evelyn had a routine growth check during her 31st week of pregnancy, from where
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October 15th
Submitted by Chris (Izzy’s dad) October 15th, “Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day,” causes me mixed emotions. You see, every day is October 15th at my house. Every day starts when I say “Good morning” to Izzy, and every night ends when I tell her “I love you.” As we all are acutely aware, being
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To My Wife
Submitted by Rob (Lila’s dad) I don’t know how you did it. Everything that day. How you physically delivered our daughter into the world knowing she’d never see it. Our hearts broke together that day. But you alone, you delivered our daughter. You endured hours of her inside of you unalive. You went through the
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Rainbow Baby Story Pt. 1
Submitted by Jay (Bella’s dad) After losing Bella on 1/31/17, our world went dark. Figuratively for me. Literally for Elly – when she looked up at the sky, she literally saw black on the sunniest and clearest days Maine had to offer that year. It was as if storm clouds were always gathering above us
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Dear Lila
Submitted by Rob (Lila’s dad) Dear Lila, I can’t believe you’ll be 5 this year. You’re such a big girl! Your mom and I miss you a lot. So, so much. Every single day, we think about you. I know you know because we tell you. We know you’re here. In the sunrise, the sunset,
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Happy Birthday Izzy
Submitted by Chris (Izzy’s dad) July is a confusing month at my house. Our second daughter was born July 10, 2019, less than a year from when we lost Izzy. The fact that my wife delivered two full term babies in under a year still blows my mind, she truly is a rockstar. Happy fourth
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I’m happy for you, but I’m sadder for me.
Submitted by Rob (Lila’s dad) Seeing families with two children triggers me. Especially when it’s an older girl and a younger boy. My son, our rainbow baby, should have an older sister. Four – five-year-old children trigger me. They remind me of who my daughter should be today. Pregnancy announcements trigger me. They bring me