October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month—a time to pause, remember, and give voice to the heartbreak that too often goes unspoken. For every mother who has carried love and loss in the same breath, this month is a gentle reminder that you are not alone.
A Poem to Process Grief
I wrote the poem below many years ago when I was living in Venezuela for eight months doing mission work. Over that time span, three young people who I knew back in the States died. I had never really dealt with death before, and it was especially hard being away from family and friends. I felt like I had barely started to process one death when I would get news of another.

