What I want to write about today may sound a bit strange. But I do taxes for a living, so it of course crossed my mind that we wouldn't be able to claim Jasmine as a child on our taxes for 2018. And I find that extremely frustrating.
It's not about the money. It's about the fact that she isn't acknowledged as being a person since she was born not breathing.
If she had taken a couple of breaths and her heart would have beat for even a minute, she would have been acknowledged with a birth certificate and a social security number. It just seems so crappy.
I went through the same birthing process as someone having a live child. I still felt her move and heard her heart beat for the 7 months she was in my belly. She was very much alive and was very much a living human being. It is disheartening that it can't really be acknowledged.
Some states do allow you to claim your still born child the year you lose them. I believe that the federal government should as well. Taxes seem a silly thing to think about when you lose a child, but again, it's not about the money. I just want some official acknowledgement that she was here and she was a person.
It's not about the money. It's about the fact that she isn't acknowledged as being a person since she was born not breathing.
If she had taken a couple of breaths and her heart would have beat for even a minute, she would have been acknowledged with a birth certificate and a social security number. It just seems so crappy.
I went through the same birthing process as someone having a live child. I still felt her move and heard her heart beat for the 7 months she was in my belly. She was very much alive and was very much a living human being. It is disheartening that it can't really be acknowledged.
Some states do allow you to claim your still born child the year you lose them. I believe that the federal government should as well. Taxes seem a silly thing to think about when you lose a child, but again, it's not about the money. I just want some official acknowledgement that she was here and she was a person.
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