October is pregnancy and infant loss awareness month

 October is pregnancy and infant loss awareness month.

A month that so many of us wish we didn’t have to be part of.

You never got to take your first breath in my arms.
You never got to hear my voice calling your name.
But you will never leave my heart.

The truth is, grief like this doesn’t go away.
It changes you. It settles into your soul.
It’s loving someone you never got to keep.

To the moms who carried a baby they never got to meet,
to the dads who never got to hold their child,
to the families who light a candle for the little life that slipped away too soon
you are not alone.

1 in 4 women will experience this heartbreak.
And every single story matters.
Every single baby matters.
Every single love matters.

So tonight, I’ll whisper to the sky and hope my angel hears me.
You never arrived in my arms,
but you will always live in my heart.