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Unless It’s You… How surviving after loss feels.

November 3, 2016 by Carrie Alexander Leave a Comment

(Graphic content) Unless you’ve heard the screams, Unless you’ve experienced the panic, unless you’ve held a tiny, cold, lifeless, blue body in your arms, unless you’ve desperately tried to breathe life back into that body, unless you’ve seen the bloody froth come from their nose and mouth, unless you’ve sat in your yard giving CPR … [Read more…]

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Agony; a poem about living after loss

November 2, 2016 by Carrie Alexander Leave a Comment

I can still remember everything about that day.     Never expecting that you’d go away. All of these thoughts crowded in my head,     How is is possible? My baby can’t be dead.   I remember your smile and playing with your toes.     I remember kissing you right on your little button nose. I … [Read more…]

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Mason’s Birthday Gift

October 24, 2016 by Carrie Alexander 2 Comments

     At 9 months most parents are planning their baby’s 1st birthday. We’re planning Mason’s 1st birthday in Heaven and we hope that you’ll celebrate with us. I know many of you would have not only attended but given Mason a gift. We ask this year that you consider giving an Act of Kindness … [Read more…]

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