masonsnana

Finding His presence in the middle of the hardest things After losing Mason, there were moments I truly did not know how I was going to make it through. Not the big-picture future. Just the next thing. The next hour. The next conversation. The next unbearable moment. Leaving the hospital without my baby. Seeing my husband grieve. Returning to work the week I should have been starting maternity leave. Facing Mason’s due date. My first Mother’s Day... ...there were so many moments that felt...

What loss has taught us about compassion, community, and carrying one another One of the most unexpected things we’ve discovered after losing Mason is this: Some of the gentlest, most compassionate people we have ever met are women who have suffered deeply. Not because grief itself is beautiful. It isn’t. No mother would choose this road. No family would willingly walk through the loss of a baby. And yet, there is something that suffering often produces in people who allow themselves to keep...

And how God meets us in each one. After losing a baby, grief can feel overwhelming, confusing, and deeply isolating. One moment you may feel numb. The next, angry. The next, exhausted. And sometimes all of those emotions can exist at the same time. Many people have heard of the “5 stages of grief,” first introduced by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. While grief does not move in neat, predictable steps, these stages can still give language to some of what we experience after loss. Most importantly, if...