Thursday, August 6, 2009

Remembering the baby I never held

By Mary DeTurris Poust

On my personal blog, Not Strictly Spiritual, I reflected on my miscarriage eleven years ago today. I wanted to share that post with all of you as well:


When I came downstairs for coffee this morning, I announced: "I'm on edge today. I don't know why." And I didn't, but I knew something was off. There was a sadness hovering around the edges of my still sleepy mind, despite sunshine, despite a relatively easy work day, despite all the reasons I had to be happy. Or at least not to be moody.

Then it hit me. It was August 6. Eleven years ago today, I found out the baby I was carrying had died eleven weeks into my pregnancy. With a mother's intuition, I had known something was wrong from a couple of weeks before...continue reading HERE.

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