PAIL--You Are Not Alone

Angel Baby Emily Faith's mommy, Rachel, has started a blog called Pregnancy and Infant Loss (PAIL) Blog Directory   This is a wonderful project to bring together resources for all BLM's on one site.  When I loss Janessa last year one of the biggest things I felt was that I was all alone.  I felt like I was the only person whose baby had died and that there must have been something wrong with me because everyone else had their cute babies in their arms. 

I wish that those first 6 months of my grief that I had known about all the BLM (Baby Loss Mommy) blogs and resources out there and I would have known that although this grief journey was not one I wanted to be on, I was far from alone.  I have discovered a world of BLM's that I didn't know existed and I am grateful everyday for my new group of friends who understand exactly what this journey is like. 

I would like to encourage everyone who has a BLM blog to submit it to Rachels directory so that we can find and help each other.  YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN YOUR GRIEF!

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A Pair of Shoes

I am wearing a pair of shoes.

They are ugly shoes, uncomfortable shoes.

I hate my shoes.

Each day I wear them, and each day I wish I had another pair.

Some days my shoes hurt so bad that I do not think

I can take another step.

Yet, I continue to wear them.

I get funny looks wearing these shoes, they are looks of sympathy.

I can tell in others eyes that they are glad they are my shoes and not theirs.

They never talk about my shoes.

To learn how awful my shoes are might make them uncomfortable.

to truly understand these shoes you must walk in them.

but, once you put them on, you can never take them off.

I now realize that I am not the only one who wears these shoes.

There are many pairs in this world.

Some women are like me and ache daily as they try and walk in them.

Some have learned how to walk in them so they don't hurt quite as much.

Some have worn the shoes so long that days will go by before they think

about how much they hurt.

No woman deserves to wear these shoes.

Yet, because of these shoes I am a stronger woman.

These shoes have given me the strength to face anything.

They have made me who I am.

I will forever walk in the shoes of a woman who has lost a child.

Author Unknown

  Hugs,

:`)  Shauna  :`{

:)  Janessa & Hope's Mommy  :)