Miscarriage is a phenomenon in my mind. Not because in some instances, like Ethan’s, we will probably never know why it happened, in medical terms at least. Rather, because until it happens to you—or you happen upon this blog—you don’t realize that you know someone who’s suffered through it.   The reality is that fifteen […]

  Yesterday I had a routine doctor’s appointment. To get those who may have missed it up to speed, most of the monthly visits with this pregnancy have been difficult for me, since I learned we lost Ethan at a routine ultrasound. My nerves only began to settle at twelve weeks—once I knew this baby […]

This morning John, Jacob, and I attended a Mass offered for Ethan at our local church. I have much more coming on this and other ways we are remembering our little one, but for now, I wanted to share part of the readings at the Mass. The readings today were not chosen for our occasion; […]