My thoughts and review
This book was recommended to be by a friend after I delivered my stillborn daughter at 38w 2d gestation. This book was not easy for me to read. I could only read a chapter or two at a time because it all hit so close to home that I would end up crying and have to put it down. That being said, I am so thankful to my friend Sara for recommending it to me, and to Christy Wopat for writing this. So many times I would read a line, or a paragraph and think to myself "exactly, I'm not the only one who feels this way," or "I'm not crazy, this is normal" or " she gets me, I hate that she gets me, but she really truly does".
This book is truly inspiring and helpful. It takes the most difficult thing I have experienced in my life, and helped me see that there is light at the end of this. I will never be the same person I was before the loss of my Hanna, but I will survive this.
"It's take me such a long time to learn that yes, the dates are important. And if you love someone who is grieving, for real, take out your calendar and write down days that matter. Record the birthday, the day they died, and maybe their wedding anniversary date. And text them. Call them. Write on their Facebook wall. All you have to say is, "Remembering with you today." Give them a hug when you see them. You won't break them. You'll help them heal in all those already broken places." Christy Wopat- Almost a Mother
This book is truly inspiring and helpful. It takes the most difficult thing I have experienced in my life, and helped me see that there is light at the end of this. I will never be the same person I was before the loss of my Hanna, but I will survive this.
"It's take me such a long time to learn that yes, the dates are important. And if you love someone who is grieving, for real, take out your calendar and write down days that matter. Record the birthday, the day they died, and maybe their wedding anniversary date. And text them. Call them. Write on their Facebook wall. All you have to say is, "Remembering with you today." Give them a hug when you see them. You won't break them. You'll help them heal in all those already broken places." Christy Wopat- Almost a Mother
From Goodreads
Christy’s captivating memoir about her hopes, her dreams, her loss, her grief, and ultimately, her healing, is a poignantly powerful and brutally honest account of what happens when tragedy hits. We never think it’s going to happen to us. We never think it will happen today. But it does, and it happened to Christy.
In an effort to find solace, Christy tried Googling, “What do I do when my baby dies?” Unfortunately, there just aren’t many good resources out there—at least not any that are truly honest, not sugar-coated with clichés.
“Almost a Mother: Love, Loss, and Finding Your People When Your Baby Dies” is Christy’s way of reaching out to those who have experienced a horrible loss of any kind, of any magnitude, in the hopes of building a community of support and love.
And, in her words, “I just wanted to know that I wasn’t crazy because I wanted to punch the pregnant lady at Target in the face.”
In an effort to find solace, Christy tried Googling, “What do I do when my baby dies?” Unfortunately, there just aren’t many good resources out there—at least not any that are truly honest, not sugar-coated with clichés.
“Almost a Mother: Love, Loss, and Finding Your People When Your Baby Dies” is Christy’s way of reaching out to those who have experienced a horrible loss of any kind, of any magnitude, in the hopes of building a community of support and love.
And, in her words, “I just wanted to know that I wasn’t crazy because I wanted to punch the pregnant lady at Target in the face.”
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