by Michelle Meltzer | Feb 22, 2018 |
The Grief of GrandparentsThere is no bond greater than the bond between parent and child. When a child dies, the pain of parental loss is near the top of the scale of human grief, and there is an immediate outpouring of sympathy and concern for the bereaved parents....
by Michelle Meltzer | Feb 22, 2018 |
TED Talks: Stories from a Home for Terminally Ill Children To honor and celebrate young lives cut short, Kathy Hull founded the first freestanding pediatric palliative care facility in the United States, the George Mark Children’s House. Its mission: to give...
by Michelle Meltzer | Feb 9, 2018 |
What I Mean When I Say, “My Daughter Was Stillborn” I don’t think that most people understand me when I say that my daughter was stillborn. That phrasing makes it sound passive, like it was something that just happened to me, externally. But that’s not what a...
by Michelle Meltzer | Feb 5, 2018 |
TED Talk: How My Son’s Short Life Made a Lasting Difference After Sarah Gray’s unborn son Thomas was diagnosed with anencephaly, a terminal condition, she decided to turn her family’s tragedy into an extraordinary gift and donate his organs to...
by Michelle Meltzer | Feb 5, 2018 |
Empty Arms: Coping With Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Death Empty Arms is written for Surviving the First Hours and Beyond. Revised and updated! This classic book is one of the first given to newly bereaved parents to offer guidance in decision-making after their...
