Grief - xoJane

It Happened to Me: Endometriosis Is The Most Painful Thing I've Ever Experienced, And Just 8 Months After Surgery It's Already Come Back

Roxanna Bennett — Thu, 02 May 2013 17:00:00 -0400

Most days I laid in bed and suffered, convinced that either I had some kind of cancer eating me from the inside out that no doctor could find, or that they were right and there was nothing wrong with me and the pain was an invention of my twisted mind.

It Happened to Me: I Had An Ectopic Pregnancy

Leigh Kolb — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:00:00 -0400

After struggling to get pregnant, I had to have a misplaced pregnancy surgically removed. When looking for comfort, I found reasons to be angry, and reasons to be persistent.

To My Sister: I Can't Force You To Like Me But I'll Try

Natalie — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:00:00 -0400

She is absent in my waking life, and only appears at night while I sleep. She appears while I am sitting in my old family home, everything as it was when we were children apart from we are adults now.

My Mother Is Gone and I’m Trying to Figure Out Why I Feel Fine

Allan Mott — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:00:00 -0500

People ask me how I’m doing, and when I say, “I’m fine,” they nod, assuming I’m holding something back for their benefit. But I’m not. I am fine. I am good. I am all right.

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: My Baby Daughter Died At Two Weeks Old

IHTM CONTESTANT — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:30:00 -0500

I would do anything to hear her heartbeat again. Why didn't I record it? I smell her little hat and cry.

Trying To Comfort My Friends Makes Me Even More Awkward Than Usual

Shayla — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:30:00 -0400

Terminal illness requires a level of seriousness that I’m not naturally capable of.

Fighting Ageism: Why I Adopt Senior Pets

Brittany — Tue, 08 May 2012 11:00:22 -0400

When it’s been emotionally or financially taxing, I’ve still felt nothing but extraordinarily fortunate to share my home with such wonderful friends.

Why I Read Obituaries

Brittany — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:00:32 -0400

Like so many other things that are quickly becoming outdated, obituaries are a useful form of communication that is lacking a user base.

Pregnancy Scares the #&*%@ Out of Me

Jenny — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:00:09 -0500

Mainly because I've been there and done that -- and it didn't end well.

It Happened to Me: I Had Multiple Miscarriages

Emily DiFrisco — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:14:37 -0500

My first miscarriage would rip the rug out from under me, alienating me from my own body, and startling me with a grief I never imagined possible The second robbed me of my faith in God’s hand on the universe.

A Letter to My Sister, Who Would Have Been 41 Today

MC Housework — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:00:09 -0400

Sometimes I am sure of who you would be if you had lived. Sometimes I am not.