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Social Media Hiatus- July 2023

I took a hiatus from social media in the month of July. Here is what I learned about social media and myself.

Normalize Adopting

While sitting at a work dinner with some colleagues, the conversation of children came up. I was a little nervous as to how I might react...

Big Feelings & Batteries

Adults have those big feelings and big emotions and sometimes they are too big.

Chutes & Ladders

Life (in general, not the board game) feels like a massive game of Chutes and Ladders.

What Grieving People Wish You Knew About What Really Helps (And What Really Hurts)

I think that everyone over the age of twenty-one years old needs to read “What Grieving People Wish You Knew About What Really Helps..."

After Stillbirth (Different Perspectives & Health Insurance)

How could a hospital or medical institution still charge full price for someone that has just experienced a stillbirth?

“We want the world to stop and take notice. That’s what a blog post written by a grieving person is meant to do. [...] It’s a grieving person’s invitation to the world to stop, at least for a moment, to remember and be sad with her."