Motherhood
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A sleepless mother searches photographs and memory for pieces of the daughter she had too little time to know.
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A mother finally learns the medical name behind her daughter’s loss—and begins laying down guilt that was never hers to carry.
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A quiet first sign of labor becomes the beginning of a life-changing journey into motherhood.
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The birth story of a daughter whose brief life split one October morning into love, loss, and everything after.
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A mother carries wounds her children cannot see while still becoming the safest place their tiny hands know.
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The author reflects on the simultaneous joy and grief of motherhood, remembering a daughter lost years ago while cherishing moments with her living children. Despite the passage of time, the love for her departed child persists, intertwined with gratitude for the present, emphasizing that joy and sorrow can coexist in a mother’s heart.
Between Bruises & Blooms 