By Rachel Libby I am a volunteer facilitator for Sharing Parents grief support meetings. And if I’m going to be honest, I never look forward to doing it. The reasons range from petty (I don’t want to drive anywhere on a Sunday evening) to overwhelming: I simply cannot believe this is still happening to people. When my son, Oliver, died I went to the support meeting a few months later and heard people discuss their losses that had happened in May or June and I remember being stunned. I was shocked to learn that they had died after Oliver. I…
By Sara Seberger Last weekend I had the honor to walk in the March of Dimes, March for Babies for my son, Max. I walked along with hundreds (or thousands?) of other people in honor of our babies. This year, the March of Dimes had colored leis for those of us who lost our babies and those whose babies were born too soon, but survived, which made it easy to spot the parents with similar experiences. We wore white leis. Theirs were purple. It comforts me to know that I’m not alone in experiencing babyloss but it also breaks my…