Tag: stillborn

My first pregnancy was going beautifully…until it wasn’t. We were doing things in the traditional order: we married, bought our first house and, after nearly a year of trying, were expecting our first child. I was ecstatic. I had always looked forward to being a mother. After years of praying...

When I reflect on my adult life’s path, I’m reminded of a cartoon that appeared in the daily newspaper when I was a child. Every day, a sweet or humorous scene depicting life in the family was illustrated, which always made me smile. One recurring scene was of the route...