As many around the world are celebrating the birth of a baby boy today, today marks 2 months since our two baby boys both entered and left this world. I'm feeling a mix of emotions today and know there are so many around the world who just try to … [Continue reading]
A Trip to the Mortuary to Pick up the Boys
Nothing like typing in a title for a blog post called "A Trip to the Mortuary to Pick up the Boys." That's enough to make you want to stop reading right now. So stop, if you want. To be honest, I'm not really writing for you anyway. I mean, if you … [Continue reading]
“So, do you have any kids?”
Today I volunteered with a few of our youth and gave out Christmas gifts and bags of food to folks who wouldn't have been able to have those things otherwise. It was a good time and I enjoyed working with the woman who I was helping. And we started … [Continue reading]
Honor Your Body
I was reading the Holding Hope Advent reflection for the 2nd Week of Advent and this quote stuck out to me: Some days you may be just as frustrated with your own feelings as you are that of others’, but try to give yourself the freedom to simply be … [Continue reading]
Holding Hope: Guidance for Grieving Pregnancy Loss During Advent
A Presbyterian minister who we went to Columbia Theological Seminary with has put together an Advent devotional specifically for those grieving pregnancy loss. It is called Holding Hope: Guidance for Grieving Pregnancy Loss During Advent and was … [Continue reading]
Father of Two: None Living
A quote from "A Grace Disguised" - a book about grief and loss by Jerry Sittser: "Catastrophic loss by definition precludes recovery. It will transform us or destroy us, but it will never leave us the same. There is no going back to the past, which … [Continue reading]
Changing Facebook Button from “Like” to “Recommend”
So I just received a note from a friend - albeit, we only know each other through Twitter - and she apologized for clicking on the "Like" button on one of the posts here on Dazed Dad. I hadn't even noticed, and it wasn't a big deal, but the whole … [Continue reading]
What We Learned From the Visit to the Perinatologist
Last week Sarah and I went to meet with a perinatologist. As I wrote last week, I was a bit nervous about the appointment and about the information that we would learn. But the appointment went about as well as could be expected and so I thought I'd … [Continue reading]
An Appointment with a Perinatologist
We have an appointment with a perinatologist today. And to be honest, that scares me. When I think about going to meet with the perinatologist, I have images of couples seeing a perinatologist on TV or in the movies and receiving bad news. You know - … [Continue reading]
The Little Blue Plus Sign
I had to do a Google search to find a photo of a positive pregnancy test because I didn't take a photo of ours. And that bothers me. But I'll get to that in a bit. Sarah and I vacationed in Hawaii this past July. Like, a real vacation. Not an … [Continue reading]