: About Me

Well, the last two years have been the hardest. Other than that, life has been pretty easy. But after I got married, at 24, and as a single mother, things went downhill for us. First we lost our son, then a car accident, then the snowball effect from that. We ultimately moved out of Minnesota to South Carolina recently. We love it here, and will never move back. My husband has three kids, and we have twins, from before our marriage. I've always wanted to write, but after I had kids, I just never found the time. Now, if there is a subject I feel passionately about, I enjoy writing. And I enjoy reading what I've created-and I hope that you do, too.

My passion is ...

my family.

I know too much about ...

nothing. You can never know too much.

Why I write ...

for a release, for relaxation, for fun, for entertainment.

My inspiration ...

my family, my children, my life.

Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Parents of a stillborn child

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We were married in May. We found out a month later that we'd gotten pregnant almost immediately after marriage. This would be his sixth, my/our third. Wasn't planned at all. In fact, had been prevented from happening with surgery two years prior. Surgery didn't take, as we found out. At 25 and 38, we were quite content having our youngest out of diapers and in school, not really wanting to start over with teething, potty training, and midnight feedings. At the same time, as reality sunk in, we couldn't wait for the first words, first steps, and first smiles again. Tiny hugs, thrilling 'I L...

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