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  • Child Loss,  One Year Anniversary After Child Loss,  Self-Care after child loss,  Symptoms of grief,  Triggers of Child Loss

    July 4th, A Bottle Rocket Scar, and a Hidden Treasure Inside!

    July 4, 2016 /

    I looked at my foot closely as I continued to rub coconut oil onto it in hopes of softening the skin surrounding the scar.  That scar is now twenty-four years old and it still looks like it became a part of me yesterday.  Normally, scar tissue isn’t something that I would look at, but this scar is different.  This scar was given to me by my son Mike who died on May 22, 2015. I never, ever want this scar to go away because locked up in that puffy mess is a well-spring of memories that make my heart smile! 

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    Clara Hinton
  • Child Loss,  How to Validate Your Child's Life after Death,  One Year Anniversary After Child Loss

    I Remember Every Detail That Made My Child Uniquely Mine

    April 21, 2016 /

    When each of my children were born I studied them for a long, long time.  I ran my fingers across the tip of their noses.  I grasped their tiny hands into mine and looked in awe.  I slid my fingers ever so gently across their heads leaning down and smelling that newborn baby smell.  I loved how each of their tiny feet fit into the palm of my hand.  These are just some of the things I’ll never forget.  A love as deep as a parent’s love wants to soak up everything about our child.  We even study the pores of our child’s skin! As our children grow older, we continue…

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    Clara Hinton

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