Learning to Bloom Through Grief, Holly Ann Shares About Her Daughter Magnolia

From the moment I said hello and goodbye all at once, I made a promise that I would honor her memory with everything I had.

Shianne GundersonJanuary 14, 2025Stillbirth, Rainbow Baby, Miscarriage, Power of Support Groups

Brittany's Story of Loss, Profound Grief, and Immeasurable Love

I often say that the support I experienced and continue to experience from this community of loss moms has been a life raft. Without it, I may have drowned in a sea of my own sorrow and tears.

Shianne GundersenJune 17, 2024Miscarriage, Power of Support GroupsComment

Maddie Sharing in Memory of Baby Hope

Ever since we lost her, purple flowers pop up in our path everywhere we go. We hold them as a symbol of her and our friends and family share purple flower photos and videos too.

Shianne GundersenMarch 7, 2024MiscarriageComment

Rebirth in the Face of Loss by Elizabeth Neal

I chose to do something different from my first encounter with pregnancy loss. I wouldn’t isolate, hide, bury, put up a front, smile. I would honor every single feeling that arose, as it did in real time… And in doing so, I was writing a new story. This was new for me.

Shianne GundersenFebruary 23, 2024Miscarriage, HealingComment

Rituals for Grieving by Megan Sheldon

I needed a way to say goodbye, not only to the life that had been growing in me, but also to the due date, the list of names, the future I had already started to paint.

Shianne GundersenFebruary 23, 2024Miscarriage, Grief RitualsComment