Grief Resources
I am currently accepting stories of loss during pregnancy to be put into a collection to comfort mothers in their time of grief. It is important for ladies to know they are not alone in their grief journey. Fathers, please contribute your own unique perspective of your loss. I think men need just as much support as the women.
I will accept any original stories, poems, or antecdotes of any length. Please be sure to include your feelings, both physical and emotional, on your grief journey. You may speak about any subject related to your loss at any point in your grief journey. All pregnancy loss stories will be accepted regardless of gestational week. Your submission will be edited for length, grammar, and content. The facts and your feelings will remain unchanged.
Feel free to submit more than one original piece.
Suggested Topics: your story of loss, rememberance ceremonies, going back to work, answering the question: how many children do you have?, one year later, five years later, getting pregnant again, including your angels in your family with living children, or telling siblings about their angel siblings.
To Submit:
Please email your story in plain text to loss-submissions@alligatorpurse.org
*In the subject line write “For Submission”
*At the top of your email please put the following statement:
This work is licensed to Leslie Dickson under the Creative Commons License www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5.
Submissions without this statement can not be accepted.
*Next include the EXACT wording for attributions. For example, Contributed by Jane Smith of Springfield, HI. In loving memory of David.
*If you would like your submission to remain anonymous include the attribution above followed by remain anonymous.
*If you would like your submission to be part of a list of contributors, rather than be attributed directly to your contribution include the attribution above followed by add to list of contributors.
*Next give a 2 sentence summary of your loss; the gestational week, the reason for loss (if known), any living children, and anything unique to your situation.
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Links to Grief Resources
Subsequent Pregnancy
An Angel Never Dies
Don’t let them say I wasn’t born,
That something stopped my heart.
I felt each tender squeeze you gave,
I loved you from the start.
Although my body you can’t hold,
It doesn’t mean I am gone.
This world was worthy, not of me,
God chose that I move on.
I know the pain that drowns your soul,
what you are forced to face.
You have my word, I’ll fill your arms,
Someday we will embrace.
You’ll hear that it was:”meant to be,
God doesn’t make mistakes.”
But that won’t soften your worst blow,
Or make your heart not ache.
I’m watching over all you do,
Another child you’ll bear.
Believe me when I say to you,
I am always there.
There will come a time, I promise you
when you will hold my hand,
stroke my face and kiss my lips,
And then you’ll understand.
Although I never breathed your air,
or gazed into your eyes.
That doesn’t mean I never “was”,
An Angel never dies…
- Author Unknown -