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@Torchwood: I am so heartbroken for you and cried reading your entries. It's so hard to make sense of such a tragic hardship on your journey to start your family. You were faced with such devastating news and I hope you find peace and healing through it all. I use to love watching Oprah on Sundays on the OWN network. This is one of my favorite excerpts taken from the show when I think of my angel baby that I still think of and miss dearly.
"Receive the Person as a Soul"
From Oprah Winfrey's Life Lesson Series (OWN Network)Receive that person as a soul, you will be able to see the gifts that this soul gave to you no matter how short of a time. Just a moment, glimpse at the notion that you are bigger than your body, bigger than your personality. Stop for a moment and disconnect yourself from the ego and personality, see yourself or another person as a soul. When you lose someone in the physical form, the formless becomes an angel. Life is much bigger than just a physical body. When you are grieving over the loss of a loved one, sense the presence of their soul, which is always with you, instead of the personality that is gone. In doing so, try to remember this, I am not my body, I am not my circumstances, I am not what everything looks like on the outside or to others. I really am a higher level of being & consciousness that is my soul. We, our lives, are bigger than what it looks like or appears to be.
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@Torchwood:
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You are amazing to share your story so that it may help others. River was so lucky to have you for a mother. So so lucky.
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@Torchwood: So glad to hear you're doing okay! You're so brave and this (all of this, all loss) is so hard!
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Thank you for sharing your story.
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Glad to see an update. You guys have been on my mind. I'm glad to hear you're doing as good as you can be in the situation. Take care of yourselves!
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@Torchwood: Your latest post was so poignant and beautiful. I wish you could have kept her too. You will always be River's mama, even if she isn't physically with you.
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Sending positive thoughts and love your way.
You are such a wonderful mother.Thank you for sharing with us!
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@Torchwood: Your lastest post is so beautiful and definitely made me cry. Just thinking about what you and your family have had to go through and the sacrifice you had to make to ensure River was at peace is so heartbreaking.
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So beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
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There's so much love in that post. Every time I read something you write about her, I tear up. The love you have for your daughter is absolutely apparent. I'm still thinking about you and praying for you
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What a beautiful post, and how gracefully you've handled unkind comments. Big hugs mama.
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Oh, what a beautiful post. There is no questioning how much you loved your little girl. I'm so sorry for your loss.
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@Torchwood: your latest blog post was so beautiful and touching. Thank you for sharing... you're incredibly strong, brave, and selfless.
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@Torchwood: So glad you updated. You and your husband and your little girl have been in my thoughts constantly. Sending love to you
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@Torchwood: big hugs.
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@Torchwood: So moving, so beautiful. Thank you for being willing to share for others that may experience the same thing one day.
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Thank you so much for coming back here to update. You have been in my thoughts a great deal over the last few weeks and I wish you, your family and River love and peace
As others have said, you will always be her mama, and hold her in your heart forever.
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Reading your latest post had me in tears. You have definitely been in my thoughts, my heart goes out to you during this time. Much love to you. Thank you for sharing with us.
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thinking of you and your family.
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Thinking of you and your family, and sending thoughts of comfort and healing your way.
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Oof, that blog post. SO heartfelt and beautiful, and I wish I had had those words when our son died. I think what can be so hard about this is, as you and @Dandelion: have said, you're mourning the loss of potential and opportunity and hope, as much as the loss of a baby. And you're mourning the loss of an idea in many ways. For me, it was so difficult because without that long life to celebrate (the time he did xyz, said xyz and so on), it seems as though it would be so easy to pretend it had never happened at all. But, of course, you (we) can't because you are irrevocably changed. Anyway, long and rambling, sorry. All this just to say, thank you again for sharing and I'm sending every possible wish of hope and healing to you and C.
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I just read your last few blog posts You are courageous. So sorry for your loss. Sending you peace and positivity.
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Just wanted to send along my support and condolences. You're one strong woman
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@torchwood I hope you can feel the love and support with you always, like a blanket wrapping you up. I am a stranger to you, but I know you because you have shared yourself in a profound way, and I am humbled by your words and experience. You and your family are on my mind and in my heart.
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@torchwood: I haven't commented on your posts, but I've read them and have been following your story. You and your husband have been in my thoughts. I thank you for sharing your experiences and I hope you have felt at least a little bit of release in doing so. Although I have always been pro-choice, your words have shown me the real, immediate, human side of late term abortions. I know that if I ever have to make a such a painful decision, your story will help me know I'm not alone.
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