Tender Days
Pregnancy Announcements
When someone else announces.
A note from my heart to yours
Someone just announced their pregnancy. And your whole body went still. Maybe it was a text. Maybe a sonogram on social media. Maybe a coworker glowing across the room. And in one breath, the air left the room. 🤍 If you smiled and then cried in the bathroom, you are not bitter. 🤍 If you scrolled past and felt your chest cave in, you are not broken. 🤍 If you love them and still can't congratulate them yet, you are not a bad person. Two things can be true: you can be happy for someone else and devastated for yourself. Grief does not erase love. Love does not erase grief.
One small thing, right now
Look around the room and name 3 things you can see.
You are here. This moment will pass.
Affirmation
“Their joy does not erase my loss. My grief does not erase my love for them. Both can live here.”
When I saw the announcement, my body felt…
Stays only with you, on this device.
You made it through today. That is enough.