Scan (verb): Look at all parts of something carefully in order to detect some feature Someone from the loss community said “I’m sorry that you generally don’t like baby scans” and it made me realise, huh, she doesn’t understand why …
Identity Theft
Reminder (noun): A thing that causes someone to remember something I’d like to try to explain something, it’s something that I think people who have been reading my Mumoirs (all 100+ of them – eek!) throughout understand, but those who …
Winter
Ripe (adjective): Having arrived at the fitting stage or time for a particular action or purpose On the 1st December, as we enter a new season, it seems fitting to pause and take stock, particularly since this is my 100thMumoirs …
Friday the 13th
Ironic (adjective): Happening in a way contrary to what is expected Omen (noun): Prophetic significance This made me laugh recently: Isn’t it ironic, that the day I take the first proactive step towards being able to ‘try again’ is the …
PPROM
Prom (North American): A ball or formal dance at a school or college, especially one held at the end of the academic year for students who are in their final year. This used to be my only definition of the …
Q&A
Bruth (Mumoirs abbreviation): Brutal truth I’ve been telling my bruth about our three losses – BoC, My Baby and Summer – via these Mumoirs blogs since June, so I wanted readers to hear some other voices, to grasp just how …
Pantsing
Style (noun): A particular procedure by which something is done; a manner or way James: “Are you a plotter or a pantser?” Anjulie: “I’ve no idea what you’re talking about” Apparently there are two types of writers: those who write …
Common Sense
Book smart (adjective): Used to describe a person whose knowledge greatly derives from book-learning, as opposed to practical experience My brothers have always said that I have no common sense. A decent degree, yes. Common sense, no. They’re not wrong. I …
Beyond Reasonable Doubt
Guilty (adjective): Justly chargeable with a particular fault or error Opening Statement I write because it helps me to process all my feelings, to assess what’s really wrong. Yesterday, I felt so low, I didn’t even want to write. That’s …