Category Archives: Baby Loss

Thinking Woman

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Mrs. Spit

When I had coffee with one of my wise women last Friday, I commented that I’m learning to ask myself how I feel. I will see something, and my brain will begin to sound klaxons – whoop, whoop, this should … Continue reading →

Posted in Baby Loss, Friendship, Infertility | 20 Comments

Under the Living Skies

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Mrs. Spit

I’ve been thinking since I drove back from Humbolt in early June. While I was driving back from Humbolt, I thought about all of the times I have been driving back from Saskatchewan. If you wanted to count, it’s been … Continue reading →

Posted in Baby Loss, Gabriel, This I believe | 11 Comments

Green Eyed

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Mrs. Spit

You’ll forgive me, when I am surprised. I met my first case of jealousy over my weight loss, last Friday. I’m so shocked, I can scarce take it in. I have lost – not quite – 20 pounds. I am modestly … Continue reading →

Posted in Baby Loss, Infertility | 18 Comments

The Wind in Your Hair

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Mrs. Spit

My recollection doesn’t begin here, but like all stories, I will begin at the beginning. My very first 2 wheeled bike was dark green, and it had the sort of brakes that you had to pedal backwards to make work. … Continue reading →

Posted in Baby Loss, Tiny Points of Light | 9 Comments

Voices

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Mrs. Spit

I most often read the posts on Glow and while I love them, I never know quite how to answer the questions at the end.  I don’t know what I think or I feel, only that I do. I don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Baby Loss, Grief Work | 6 Comments

Father’s Day

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Mrs. Spit

Mr. Spit and I were at a BBQ last weekend, when one of the men present described walking his daughter down the aisle at her wedding, the week before. These things have become almost a silent language between he and … Continue reading →

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Slipping Away

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Mrs. Spit

I was thinking, I have been thinking, of my first miscarriage. Someone on Facebook commented that her daughter was about to turn 2, and I realized I had my first miscarriage 2 years ago yesterday. I looked back at my … Continue reading →

Posted in Baby Loss | 22 Comments

Less than you know

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Mrs. Spit

When Kuri and I were in San Francisco last September for my birthday, the vagrancy of hotel internet meant that I had to go sit in the lounge each night to write my blog. Doing this meant that I got … Continue reading →

Posted in Baby Loss, Infertility | 24 Comments

The Secret Lie

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Mrs. Spit

On Facebook Lavender Luz linked to Ann Lamot’s essay on Mother’s Day, on Mother’s Day. I saw only the first few lines about the post on Facebook, but my entire heart cried out “yes!” Consider the excerpt below. But Mother’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Baby Loss, Infertility | 17 Comments

Another World

Posted on May 9, 2010 by Mrs. Spit

I have been watching Star Trek a lot this week. Thinking about physics and philosophy and the ways that they coincide. For all the strangeness, it makes a great deal of sense to me, Star Trek by taking us out … Continue reading →

Posted in Baby Loss, Gabriel | 11 Comments