08/09/2026
Today we had an engaging support group session, we were looking at the life we carry forward after a loss.
When a parent loses a baby, life may never feel exactly the same again. And healing does not mean forgetting, “getting over it,” or leaving that baby behind.
A bereaved parent can:
- Remember their baby AND go to work
- Celebrate someone else's baby AND still grieve theirs.
- Cry about their baby AND laugh with a friend.
- Have a good day without feeling like they are betraying their baby.
- Find meaning and purpose while still carrying grief.
Grief and joy can exist in the same heart.
Sometimes 'healing' is not about returning to the person you were before the loss. It is about learning how to live in a new reality by carrying the love, the memories and the baby’s place in your story.
If you know a bereaved parent, don't rush them to “move on.”
Walk with them. Listen. Remember their baby. Let them grieve at their own pace.
There is no deadline for grief. And there is no betrayal in living.
Today we gave ourselves permissions.
To live, to laugh again, to celebrate others, to remember our babies, to say their names, to make plans.....
If you are a , what permission are you giving yourself starting from today?