tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65916557462029208252012-02-16T10:30:45.774-08:00Mourning Sickness - Stillbirth, Miscarriage, and Infant Lossmiscarriage, stillbirth, infant lossMissynoreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591655746202920825.post-38966819157860343632008-08-08T10:31:00.000-07:002008-08-08T10:45:05.493-07:00Check out this inspiring new book by Mourning Sickness Contributor Kathleen Willis MortonAn excerpt from Kathleen Willis Morton's story about the tragic loss of her son Liam appears in Mourning Sickness. We highly recommend you read more about her story of loss and hope in her forthcoming release "Blue Poppy and the Mustard Seed" (pictured left). Here's the description (from Amazon.com):Katie Morton's son Liam was born with profound brain damage. When he died six-and-a-half weeks Missynoreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591655746202920825.post-87369719455179583882008-06-14T16:15:00.000-07:002008-06-25T10:37:46.926-07:00Audio Clip - Steven Mead Wrapping and Wrapping (experimental version)Download Steven Mead - WrappingDownload Steven Mead - Wrapping (experimental)Jeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13919136822179905925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591655746202920825.post-29841608166303094772008-06-14T16:08:00.000-07:002008-06-25T10:38:15.211-07:00Audio Clip - Rose M. Smith Shooting the StraysDownload Rose M. Smith - Shooting the StraysJeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13919136822179905925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591655746202920825.post-20555118278659480572008-06-14T16:01:00.000-07:002008-06-25T10:38:27.491-07:00Audio Clip - Some Call It Luck by R.G. EvansDownload R.G. Evans - Some Call it LuckJeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13919136822179905925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591655746202920825.post-25793318673493887972008-06-13T14:00:00.001-07:002008-06-25T10:38:40.076-07:00Audio Clip - A Gift by Lynne ShapiroDownload Lynne Shapiro - A GiftA Gift by Lynne Shapiro for Mourning SicknessJeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13919136822179905925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591655746202920825.post-61403431418241303762008-06-13T13:55:00.001-07:002008-06-25T10:38:54.525-07:00Audio Clip - Long After The Loss by Maureen Tolman FlanneryDownload Maureen Tolman Flannery - Long After The LossJeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13919136822179905925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591655746202920825.post-47430406251545139712008-06-13T13:39:00.001-07:002008-06-25T10:39:37.787-07:00Audio Clip - A Memory Or Its GhostSound file of Douglass W. Millikin's piece "A Memory Or Its Ghost"Download Douglas W. Milliken - A Memory or its GhostJeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13919136822179905925noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591655746202920825.post-28311868761729738332008-06-09T19:13:00.000-07:002008-06-09T19:20:07.252-07:00I was emotionally paralyzed today... by Jesse LorenI was emotionally paralyzed today, transfixed in the most awkward of places: the women’s restroom in the staff room. After 8 years of working for the same high school, you get used to the walls, the rhythms, and when architecture changes, you whine or get used to it. I am not really attached. I used to use the bathroom in the administration building. It was the closest one to my classroom. I hadMissynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591655746202920825.post-83237315035416261202008-06-09T18:52:00.000-07:002008-08-08T09:10:59.503-07:00...but won't people think these stories are too depressing?Several years ago I enrolled in a writing workshop for mothers. The first assignment was to write two pages about something we’d lost. One mom wrote about looking down at her hand and noticing the diamond from her wedding ring was gone. Another mom wrote a funny story about the mischief her toddlers made knowing she’d temporarily lost her sight in the shower when shampoo got in her eyes. I wrote Missynoreply@blogger.com