Déjà vu (noun): A feeling of having already experienced the present situation I came on here to write a blog called “Mondays” and it turns out, I’ve already written one here. Oops. I don’t know what it is about Mondays, …
Words of Affirmation
Believe (verb): Accept that something is true, especially without proof I woke up today, with a word in my head: Believe I have a difficult relationship with HOPE, which I’ve blogged about previously. After three pregnancy losses, I just don’t …
Birth Flowers
Unrequited love (phrase): A love that can’t be acted upon or is not openly reciprocated It was our 10 year wedding anniversary last week and James booked us a trip to the Netherlands to cycle the tulip fields, seeing as …
The Awareness of Death
Albert Camus (French philosopher, author, and journalist): He was awarded the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44 Reading a book about the global solutions to climate change (as you do!) and I stumbled upon a reference to …
The Second Day of Summer
Second (number): Constituting number two in a sequence; coming after the first in time or order It was Summer’s second birthday earlier this month, but it’s taken me a while to sit and blog about it, as we’ve been away …
Past, Present, Future, Always
* This blog is for Charlie, on her 2nd birthday. Gone, but not forgotten * Carry (verb): Support the weight of It’s a new calendar year and a new bruth: I hate not being able to say “she died last …
Hipster W@nker
Hipster (noun): A person who follows the latest trends and fashions, especially those regarded as being outside the cultural mainstream I really enjoyed my late 20’s, slipping into my 30’s. I used to be someone quite unrecognisable from this recurrent …
At Least
At least (phrase): If nothing else – used to add a positive comment about a generally negative situation I’m sure I’ve said before, that when speaking to the bereaved (in the baby loss community, or otherwise), the number one rule …
The Ostrich
Decision (noun): The action or process of deciding something or of resolving a question They say that people have either a “fight or flight” response to events that are perceived as stressful or frightening, but I’ve always had a third …
2021 Playlist
Belieber (urban dictionary): A fanbase for, the one and only, Justin Bieber In our house, if you ask Alexa to play some relaxing music (I still can’t believe my husband brought that eavesdropping woman into our home, without my permission!), …