One of the biggest goals of the book Sunshine After the Storm is to provide encouragement, light, and hope. Hope that one day your life will return to some type of normal. Hope that one day you will smile again. Hope that you may one day heal. A good friend of mine, and fellow contributor … [Read more…]
I think the most unfair thing I’ve ever had to do in this life was plan a funeral for an infant, from the maternity recovery ward. Making the phone call to the Funeral Home nearly made me vomit. I don’t know how I got through that phone call without bawling. Maybe it was the shock. … [Read more…]
World Prematurity Day Today we’ll be joining hundreds of thousands of people in making our voices heard about prematurity. If you’ve ever even had to spend ONE day in a NICU, you know it is not a fun place to be. Imagine spending 25 days there? Imagine EIGHT FOUR. That’s how long Tiny spent in … [Read more…]
Today Sara Silva from the lovely blog Content in the Meantime is the next stop on the blog tour. She also gives Sunshine After the Storm a great big THUMBS UP! Sara says: I have not experienced the loss of a child firsthand, but I recall my mother having two miscarriages. Many of my friends … [Read more…]
This post is shared with us from AnnMarie Gubenko, otherwise known as The Queen of Chaos. It originally appeared on her blog the Queen of Chaos on April 7, 2013. Thank you so much AnnMarie for sharing this post and for contributing to our book Sunshine After the Storm: A Survival Guide for the Grieving … [Read more…]
I reached out to NJ from A Cookie Before Dinner and asked her to review our book, Sunshine After the Storm. I have read her blog from time to time and like her honest posts. I did not know at the time that she had also suffered an early miscarriage. I was provided a copy … [Read more…]
Heavenward… Honoring A Deceased Child There are many ways that you can honor your deceased child or babies. One of my favorite ways is through lantern sendoffs. This post was originally posted on No Holding Back in June 2013. We touched our angels on this night. Our lanterns lit the night and warmed our hearts. … [Read more…]
Alicia, from the blog “Mom’s Don’t Say That!” (what a great name by the way!) contacted me when I put out a request for reviewers. Her cousin recently lost a baby at 11 weeks, and she recommended Sunshine After the Storm to her. Alicia is also a trained therapist, and although not working in that … [Read more…]
I’m sharing a post today from Jessica, one of our contributors to the book and blogger at Four Plus an Angel. This is such great advice, especially if you are struggling to know what to do for a grieving parent, or if you are looking for a special gift for this holiday season. Gifts for … [Read more…]
Sunshine After the Storm – Book Reviews Today we have our 3rd and 4th stops on the blog tour. I apologize to Vivien – last week got so hectic, I was unable to write about her beautiful review on this blog, although I did share it on my personal blog, No Holding Back. When I … [Read more…]