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…]
We have our second stop on the book blog tour today. I asked for bloggers to review the book on their blogs to help us spread the word about Sunshine After the Storm and they have answered the call! Yesterday we even got an unexpected and unsolicited endorsement by my friends Lisa and Ashley, or “the … [Read more…]
It’s a little ironic that Kathy Glow from Kissing the Frog sent me this particular post for this particular time. Kathy lost her son Joey to cancer when he was five. She is a contributor to Sunshine After the Storm and a blogger I have followed for a very long time. So, the timing on … [Read more…]
Good morning. I hope everyone had a beautiful and refreshing weekend. We have officially started a “blog tour” of Sunshine After the Storm. If you are not a blogger or do not know what that means, essentially, we reach out to bloggers and ask them to review our book on their blog and share it … [Read more…]
Anna Whiston-Donaldson is the mastermind behind the beautiful blog An Inch of Gray. I actually started following Anna last year around Christmas time. She was one of several bloggers who hosted a link up called “Hugs for the Holidays” for anyone who was grieving any type of loss could link their stories. I linked up … [Read more…]
It took me a long time (over eight months) to realize I needed to be in some type of group therapy. I found a grief support group in my community and was immediately welcomed with open arms, into a world that did not judge me, or look at me with sympathetic eyes, or worse, shuffle … [Read more…]