We need spaces to grieve, to honor what our wombs have carried and lost. We need spaces to remind us that we're not alone. 

Miscarriage is often a silent event - one that happens in private. It's not announced the way that longer term pregnancies or birth are. It's not often given the same respect that other deaths are given.

Abortions are under attack, making it less likely to share openly about these, too.

Still births or infant loss - these tragedies can be so painful that we don't even know how to begin picking up the pieces.

This heartbreaking part of conception, of birth, is a truth we cannot avoid. In the creation of life comes the inevitability of death. Pregnancy loss is natural, normal, and common.

We need not heal, process, and grieve, alone.

🥀 I'm reminded of the scene in Outlander, when Claire loses her first child, Faith. She wakes in a delirious fever, her heart so broken it pierces her entire being. 

🥀 I'm reminded of my mother, who lost a child before me. A disabled premature babe, my would be older brother. 

🥀 I'm reminded of my own choice not to carry - devastating even though it was a choice. 

🥀 I'm reminded of my many, many clients who share their stories of pregnancy and infant loss.  

💔 I can barely write this without crying. Not that I want to not cry - I never want to be numb to it. 

While I love holding the path of spirit babies into earth side bodies, the reality of loss and the honoring of it is also very much part of my work. 

💌 That being said, this is my invitation to you - do not grieve alone. No matter how long ago or how recent your loss was, join together with your sisters and other womb-holders who’ve walked through the fire of the birth/death portal, too. 

🕯️ Come together for acknowledgment, healing, ritual, and prayer. 

🕯️Come together in candlelight, during the time of year the veil is thinnest, when our ancestors are active, and our lost/released spirit babies are close, too. 

Join me in this special virtual group ceremony 🙏🏻.

We'll meet on 11/1, the day after Halloween, in the Samhain portal, alongside Day of the Dead celebrations, for the specific shared purpose of honoring the children who never made it here fully.