10/12/2026
There are mothers who have tiny footprints on their hearts, but none walking beside them. Mothers who remember a due date that came and went. Who still remember the moment they saw two pink lines. Who imagined a little face, a little laugh, a little life. Mothers who held their babies for only a moment. And mothers who never got the chance to hold them at all.
There are mothers grieving children the world never met, carrying love that had nowhere to go and a lifetime of wondering who their little one might have become. And sometimes, the hardest part is that the rest of the world keeps moving. The calendar turns. People stop asking. Life goes on.
But a mother's love doesn't follow a timeline.
This October, during Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, we want to make space for every mother whose story includes a goodbye that came far too soon. Whether your loss happened yesterday or decades ago, whether you were 6 weeks pregnant or 39, whether you have other children or were waiting to become a parent for the very first time, **your grief is worthy of tenderness, and your baby is worthy of remembrance.**
You don't have to minimize your loss because someone else had it worse. You don't have to find a silver lining. You don't have to be ready to try again. And you don't have to stop talking about your baby to make others more comfortable.
If you want to say their name, we will listen.
If you want to tell us about the dreams you had for them, we will listen.
And if you don't have the words, there is space for that, too.
We are proud to partner with First 5 Placer to be able to provide free services for struggling mothers.
To every mother carrying both love and loss: we see you. We remember with you. And we hope you find moments of gentleness in a world that sometimes doesn't know how to hold your grief.
With love,
The MomSquad Team 🤍
