Welcome to Grief, Grit and Growth. 

If you’ve lost a pregnancy, an infant, a child or your life has gone to shit for any other reason, this place is for you. After meeting in a child loss grief group as a result of our horrendous losses in 2019, we realized something. While there are plenty of available grief resources, neither one of us had found something that resonated. Many were sad and serious, others were religious… but there was nothing raw, human, real and with a streak of dark humor. So, while we don’t proclaim to be experts about anything at all, we have decided to share our journey as we try to navigate life after the deaths of our daughters. 

Now, we had big plans to start this blog “at the beginning”. By this, we mean to share our stories from when they began, talk about all the crazy, random shit we’ve tried to ease the mark of grief and start a dialogue to normalize the discussion around loss and infertility. But, as we sat and tried to put all of the thoughts in our head onto paper, we realized it was too hard to forcefully go back in our minds. So, in the middle of a global pandemic, while trying to navigate multiple layers of grief and trauma, we decided to start in the present. Eventually, we will share our whole stories, and those of our daughters, but will do so naturally when it flows.

If any of this speaks to you, or you’re having a rough time, follow along. It will be sad, but we can also guarantee you’ll get the raw and honest truth that might spark a moment of laughter.

Lots of love,

Pam and Emily