Life is Stupidly Unfair: A Mom's Journey of Survival

The term rainbow baby is used to describe a baby who is born after a loss.  It is sometimes referred to as the rainbow after the storm of loss.  There are some people who do not like to use the term rainbow because they feel it implies that their child they lost was the storm and that the child born after is something of a replacement for the other child.   While I understand the thought process behind this, I do not think that this is what the term is saying.  I feel it refers more to the storm of grief and emotion that follows the loss.  It literally is a storm of emotions, including grief, anger, sadness, loneliness, and many others.  The emotions bounce from one to the next and sometimes random ones hit you unexpectedly and out of nowhere.  I know I felt all of these after our loss.  I also felt jealous for those who had never experienced a loss or had to deal with a situation like this.  Of course, I would never wish this type of pain on anyone.  But I wish that I had never ha

It has been a while since I have written anything, but I am super excited about this idea.  I am sure some of you remember the rainbow skirt that I used for my maternity pictures with my rainbow baby.  If you don't, here are a couple of pics below. (If you need a great photographer, these were taken by McGowan Images) Since then, the skirt has pretty much just been sitting in my closet without getting any use.  I kept trying to think of some way that I could use it.  I then saw an article about someone who had a skirt like this and sent it out to other women who had a loss to use and they would take their picture with it. Thank you to someone who commented with the link.  You can read about the original person doing this  here . This is when I decided I wanted to do something similar.  Every since our loss, I have wanted to do something to help others who have had a loss/are going through a loss and something that would help bring awareness to pregnancy and infant loss.  Of