Loving Your Baby: A Gentle and Practical Guide to Parenting Through Loss

Thank you for sharing your story with us Patti Walker!

One of the reasons I wrote my book, Loving Your Baby..., was to encourage remembrance photography. For our family, photos of our son are precious possessions. My heart aches for Chrissy Teigen and her story. I am so full of regret that I didn’t look at his face when he was born, she candidly shared. I was so scared of seeing him in my nightmares that I forgot about seeing him in my dreams. I hurt every day from that remorse. https://www.etonline.com/chrissy-teigen-shares-heartbreakin

Thank you to the incredible families at Sickkids Hospital who joined today’s virtual book talk!

Dear Grievers, There are those who do not know and who cannot know this deep pain. ... They are afraid of it. They may tell you to ‘move on’. They may tell you its not ‘normal’ to grieve this long. They may tell you it’s part of ‘God’s plan’. Your shattering makes them uneasy. Vulnerable. Some may avoid you, others may pity you. But this is your grief. No one else’s. Yours. You have earned every single tear you shed. Your emotions are yours, even on days you'd wish them gone. Don’t let anyone take grief from you. Through the grief and the love hold your head high, even when you are suffering most. Perhaps, especially, when you are suffering most. Surround yourself with loving others. Give yourself time to feel. Because grief work is not for the faint of heart. And one day, suffering endured will become compassion expressed. - Dr. Joanne Cacciatore Posted originally in January of 2015 If you need help, or resources, or support, visit: www.SelahCarefarm.com www.MISSFoundation.org www.CenterForLossAndTrauma.com https://wisdomexperience.org/bearing-the-unbearable/ ********* Compassionate Bereavement Care Provider Certification The art of grief counseling informed by science www.certificate.missfoundation.org/ ********* Artist William Bouguereau, All Souls Day

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CONGRATULATIONS to these exceptional researchers, Rana Limbo, Charlotte Wool and Brian S. Carter, the recipients of Two Book of the Year awards from the American Journal of Nursing for "Handbook of Perinatal and Neonatal Palliative Care" (winner in categories: palliative care & hospice; maternal-child health, prenatal nursing, childbirth).

The world has lost one of the most caring and genuine palliative care physicians I have ever known, Dr. ‘Chris’ - a great humanitarian, incredible inspiration and dear friend.