Good Stuff
If you don’t personally know me (like IN PERSON, personally know me), then you probably read my blog and think that there is so much in my life that is bad. You probably think that if there is any...
View ArticleNo Miracles
Some people believe in modern-day miracles with all of their heart. Some people have experienced modern-day miracles. I’ve never had a miracle. Not when I’ve asked for it, when I’ve begged for it, when...
View ArticleWhat Now
Photo by Cindy Johnson Family Photography Leaving the hospital without Shaundi was a completely unnatural feeling. I didn’t know what to do. I had just been through the longest, most traumatic, most...
View ArticleForgotten Face
When my first baby was born I used to have nightmares that I wouldn’t know what she looked like. The nightmare went like this, I dropped her off at childcare or daycare or some other unidentified place...
View ArticleHeart Repair
If you are new here or have stumbled across this page, welcome. You are probably unfamiliar with our story. At the end of June, our beautiful baby girl Shaundi was born and she was perfect and such a...
View ArticleHappy Place?
If you are new here or have stumbled across this page, welcome. You are probably unfamiliar with our story. At the end of June, our beautiful baby girl Shaundi was born and she was perfect and such a...
View ArticleChristmas Card
I always wanted to be one of those families that sent a photo Christmas card to our list of loved ones. I used to do it, before kids. Then we had kids and the hundreds of dollars it cost was just too...
View ArticleYear 2013
If you are new here or have stumbled across this page, welcome. You are probably unfamiliar with our story. At the end of June, our beautiful baby girl Shaundi was born and she was perfect and such a...
View ArticleOh, Baby.
I wrote this post almost two weeks ago because it’s all I could do to stop myself from telling you before now. The truth is, I wrote it in my head over two months ago. I’ve poured it back and forth in...
View ArticleDon’t Ask
If you are new here or have stumbled across this page, welcome. You are probably unfamiliar with our story. At the end of June, our beautiful baby girl Shaundi was born and she was perfect and such a...
View ArticleAlways Zero #loveforShaundi
If you are new here or have stumbled across this page, welcome. You are probably unfamiliar with our story. At the end of June, our beautiful baby girl Shaundi was born and she was perfect and such a...
View ArticleEvery Moment Has a Hole
If you are new here or have stumbled across this page, welcome. You are probably unfamiliar with our story. At the end of June, our beautiful baby girl Shaundi was born and she was perfect and such a...
View ArticleWe Are Good: Child Loss Two Years Later
If you are new here or have stumbled across this page, welcome. You may be unfamiliar with our story. At the end of June 2013, our beautiful baby girl Shaundi was born and she was perfect and such a...
View ArticleThat Never Happened | Pregnancy & Infant Loss Remembrance Day
If you are new here or have stumbled across this page, welcome. You may be unfamiliar with our story. At the end of June 2013, our beautiful baby girl Shaundi was born and she was perfect and such a...
View ArticleSTOP IT | No More Speculation in Public Forums
If you are new here or have stumbled across this page, welcome. You may be unfamiliar with our story. At the end of June 2013, our beautiful baby girl Shaundi was born and she was perfect and such a...
View ArticleMann Family Gender Reveal Series Finale
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View ArticleTravel with Your Kids – Anywhere at Any Age
During the summer we don’t really tell our kids that we’re going somewhere, we tell them when we’re going home. It’s completely normal for us to be gone for about half of the summer (or more) for...
View ArticleDead Silence
13 years ago when my brother was killed in a car accident, I was overseas and living in a community of people with limited access to communication tools like telephones and computers. One day, someone...
View ArticleSummer Visitor
My best girlfriend from high school came to visit us in May. We had a fun week of running around town, doing things and seeing things, resting, relaxing and enjoying one another. A month later baby...
View ArticleNo Words: Nothing Can Be Said
People talk about “profound sadness” or “unbearable sadness” or “remarkable sadness” when they discuss losing a child. I don’t understand those words. Those aren’t words I would use to describe these...
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