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I hate October 15. Every single year, I hate it. Why?  Because October 15 is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day, and at 7pm everyone is encouraged to light a candle. Every single year I participate by lighting a candle in one of my mom’s tea-light candle holders. And every single year, I hate that I participate. I hate that I know the experience of losing 5 babies.  I hate that I… Read More

As it’s my birthday week, there’s a question that someone is bound to ask me this week – how does it feel to be another year older?   And for some reason this has been playing in my mind all week. You see, when I turned 30 I really didn’t think much about it as my 30th and 31st birthdays were marked with baby loss so my actual birthday just didn’t matter.  And… Read More