Madeline
Life After Loss
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There are a lot of things I never thought I would have to encounter in life. Outliving my child is one of them. I delivered Oliver over 3 weeks ago, and each day I’m learning something new about myself, my triggers, my relationship with other people, and navigating life after the death of a child.…
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I try to choose my vocabulary intentionally. Even so, I still catch myself referring to my son dying at 27 weeks as “loss.” It is the generally acceptable term, the one that doesn’t make people uncomfortable like the D Word does. But it isn’t the accurate term. I said this in my previous post: I…
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Loss is tricky to navigate. Each person grieves differently, processes differently, and gets “back to normal” at different paces. I thought I knew about loss. I thought at the age of 27 I’d come to understand how it feels when someone is there one minute and gone the next. I felt like an expert at…
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