Blue Monday (noun): A Monday that is depressing or trying especially because of the return to work and routine after a weekend I always struggle with grief-filled Mondays, my counsellor suggested that it was because Summer died on a Monday, but …
Explicit
Resonate (verb): To relate harmoniously, to strike a chord My last blog was about all of the implicit nods to baby loss, but since then, I’ve been bombarded with all of the explicit references. More specifically, books and quotes about the …
Mismatched Grief
Asynchronous (adjective): Not existing or occurring at the same time One of the cleverest phrases on this blog, was obviously not my own. It was James’ when he spoke about “asynchronous grief” – I can barely spell it, but I …
This Chapter
Chapter (noun): A distinctive period in history or in a person’s life I was reading a book a couple of months ago, The Midnight Library, it’s a place that people go, between life and death. When you visit the library, …
Five Years
Exponential (of an increase): becoming more and more rapid We, in the baby loss community, are skilled at coming up with ways to torture ourselves. A friend, for example, calculated the number of weeks of her life that she’s been …
They said… whaaat?!
Verbal diarrhoea (urban dictionary): A condition suffered by an individual who has the inability to shut the f*ck up This is another collaboration blog, where I’ve asked the baby loss community to tell me some of the insensitive things people …
Grow Through, What You Go Through
Fight the good fight (idiom): To try very hard to do what is right After the loss of a pregnancy, it takes a while to regain your strength and to resume the types of things you used to do. Be …
Bothering Sunday
Mother’s Day (event): A celebration honouring the mother of the family, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society From a baby loss perspective, it’s been an overwhelming and eventful March for me, and we’re …
Sarah Michelle Gellar-ing
One day at a time (idiom): To deal with each day as they come, instead of worrying about the future When I launched this website in June of last year, I had no idea how frequently I would blog. I had …
All This Love
Enough (pronoun, determiner): As much or as many as required I wasn’t going to write anything for Valentine’s Day, after all, it’s just a day that draws a line between smug couples and those living their best independent lives (shout …