My son Joseph would be five years old. He died at birth due to a rare and fatal brain abnormality. In the days following his death, I was lost. I was grief-stricken. I was lonely. I was a mom without a baby.
I wrote this poem to him right after he died.
My Baby Boy
Inside my belly [...]
Posts on ‘March 4th, 2010’
Remembering Joseph
A Way To Heal
I never used writing as a way to heal until I lost my son. During one session of our support group we were encouraged to write a letter to our baby. I had a really difficult time getting started but once I got past the first few sentences it was much easier. I have since [...]