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Founded in 2012, Still Standing Magazine shares stories from around the world of writers surviving the aftermath of loss, infertility and how others can help.

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Resuming a Career After Loss bit.ly/3VrOdtS
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And as you struggle asking yourself, “Will it ever change? Will it ever get better?” - know that it will. But mama, I can’t lie to you. “Better” will never mean forgetting. stillstandingmag.com/2020/01…

What I Want You To Know About Grief Getting "Better"

As you struggle asking yourself, “Will it ever change? Will it ever get better?” know that it will. I can’t lie to you. “Better” will never mean forgetting.

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This wasn't me being absent minded, this was amnesia. stillstandingmag.com/2020/02…

The Grief Fog That Comes With Loss

Research shows that traumatic grief will most often lead to changes in brain function. These can include brain fog and serious memory loss.

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After months of rejecting participation in a support group, I signed up. I realized that I needed a connection to others who had suffered the loss of a young adult child to suicide. stillstandingmag.com/2019/10…

Shared Grief

After months of rejecting participation in a support group, I signed up. I realized that I needed a connection to others who had suffered the loss of a young adult child to suicide.

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Those “Unanswered Prayers” bit.ly/3peRuzh

Those "Unanswered Prayers"

How do you react to what seems like an unanswered prayer? It’s a tough question. The harsh reality is that most of the time our plans aren’t His.

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Because It Can Happen Again: Anxiety After Loss stillstandingmag.com/2019/12…

Because It Can Happen Again: Anxiety After Loss

Anxiety and I have had a longstanding relationship way before I lost my son but it exponentially increased after.

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Love Is. bit.ly/3XSqGV7

Love Is.

Losing my only child almost seven years ago destroyed me, there is no way around this truth. There is no pretty picture I can paint you, a step by step guide. It simply did and

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She Gets To Be With Jesus stillstandingmag.com/2019/11…

She Gets To Be With Jesus

The joy and the hopeful assurance we experience is not man-made. Our faith is being made whole; not in spite of Dylan, but because of her.

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Surviving The Nightmare stillstandingmag.com/2020/05…

Surviving The Nightmare

As a loss mom, facing Mother's Day, facing the fear of this pandemic, all while isolated has been a real challenge for me.

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I understand why many choose to leave the world of social media following their loss. Between old memories and constant images of happy families, reminders of what you are missing, there are so many minefields. stillstandingmag.com/2019/01…

Thank you Facebook for the memory... NOT!

Oh Facebook memories, we have a love hate relationship. I didn't realize today was the 3-year anniversary of my son's memorial... until you shoved it in my face.

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I’m so sorry. I’m sorry I had to leave so soon. I didn’t want to leave you, but please know that although you cannot see me, I am never far away. bit.ly/3H6Eapc

Dear Mommy: A Letter From Heaven

I'm sorry I had to leave so soon. I didn't want to leave you, but please know that although you cannot see me, I am never far away.

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A Bereaved Parent’s Battle Cry stillstandingmag.com/2019/04…

A Bereaved Parent's Battle Cry

Why the hell should I, a bereaved parent, have to hide my feelings about my child?! Do other's have to hide their feelings about their children?

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Never An End To Life stillstandingmag.com/2019/04…

Never An End To Life

After the rain stopped, and my tears finally dried, the sun came out to warm my face. When I looked up, I noticed a beautiful bright rainbow appearing in the sky. It was at that

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The Grandmother I Almost Was stillstandingmag.com/2020/09…

The Grandmother I Almost Was

I remember as if it were yesterday. The day my daughter sent a text with not one but two babies in the sonogram. Seated at my desk, and in the middle of a meeting with the school’s guidance counsel...

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Grief doesn't always bring classic signs of mourning. stillstandingmag.com/2020/03…

This Is What Grief Does To A Mother

A bereaved mother is expected to be restless, crying, needing help they say.The one who is quiet, is back to a normal routine, is not considered 'broken.'

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Do Me A Favor: Say His Name stillstandingmag.com/2019/07…

Do Me A Favor: Say His Name

I know you think it will multiply my pain if you say his name, but it won’t. Don’t think you’re reminding me of the pain. I haven’t forgotten I had a son.

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Grief Defined Me… Until It Didn’t bit.ly/3QloYbC

Grief Defined Me... Until It Didn't

Two years ago, when the loss of my baby girl at twenty weeks gestation was still fresh, grief defined me. I will always be a grieving mother, but I am beginning to embrace the other parts of my...

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