Fraud (noun): A person who deceives others, typically by unjustifiably claiming or being credited with accomplishments or qualities I’m sure I’ve mentioned previously, that it took me forever to seek out the baby loss community; other like-minded women, who’ve been …
The A to Z of Baby Loss
Words (song lyrics, Bee Gees): It’s only words and words are all I have There are no words? Yeah there are, lots of them. Lots of existing ones and lots of new ones popping up, all the time, too. So …
Two Vs Too
Number two (urban dictionary): To poop or defecate We’ve been away on holiday recently, which is why I’ve blogged a lot less, but I’ve had so many baby loss related thoughts. The return to the real world will do that …
Universal Truths
Juxtaposition (noun): The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife Pride …
A Charity Case
Pride (noun): Consciousness of one’s own dignity Shame (noun): A painful feeling of humiliation or distress Around the time I turned 18 (officially an adult, yeah right!), I passed a couple of interviews and received an offer to study at …
In Real Life
Realisation (noun): An act of becoming fully aware of something as a fact I’ve recently met up with a few different people from the baby loss community; mums who have lost babies at similar or different stages, mums who have …
Plan B
Plan B (phrase): An alternative plan of action, if the original plan should fail Our fertility journey obviously hasn’t gone to plan (I mean, who has pre-cancerous womb cells in their wildest dreams? Yeah, exactly) and three years later, I’m tired of solely having …
Mondays
Blue Monday (noun): A Monday that is depressing or trying especially because of the return to work and routine after a weekend I always struggle with grief-filled Mondays, my counsellor suggested that it was because Summer died on a Monday, but …
Mumoirs’ Birthday Blog
Anniversary (noun): The date on which an event took place in a previous year I cannot believe that this website has been running for one whole year – woah! I wanted to come up with something pun-tastic for the one …