Description: A blog about stillbirth, faith and love
Letters to my Angel
It's hard to believe it's been almost two years since I've written you. It's harder to believe that it's been almost seven years since I last held you. Time has softened the pain, but this time of year is always so difficult for me.
The few days before your stillbirth are burned into my memory. I remember so many details about what we did in those days, but mostly I recall the heavy anxiety and sense of doom that I just couldn't shake. When February hits each year, I find myself stuck dwelling on these details and reliving the trauma of it all. I google "velamentous cord insertion" (the only answer we have for why you aren't here), hoping to find that there has been some new research in the past year that better explains why it happen