glow in the woods awards: september 2008

Move on is one of those wagging-finger sentiments like don't dwell and focus on the blessings that makes me feel like I'm either going crazy, or yelling into the wind. Or both. With an audience full of backseat drivers.

How is it done, exactly? How do we reconcile this loss with this life? Is it really so simple? Is there a 'The Clapper' for grief that I don't know about?

In one way or another, many of the posts you shared this month seemed to touch on reconciliation. You wrote of living children, of the heart-dizziness that comes from time's trudging along. And of staying open, as one new sister writes of with such grace.

This month we honour Gal, mama to angelbaby Tikva, for her post Thanking, loving, feeling my daughter on her blog Growing Inside. Her words are pure, concentrated love--a love that pokes holes of light in the darknesses of others. Thank you, Gal.

Remember to nominate your favourites by the 14th of every month--thanks to everyone.

September's glowing nominees were, in random order:

B of Simply B for Death and birth

Christine of Running on Empty for No words

Charmed Girl of A Charmed Life for The actual day and The mirror has two faces

Mrs. Spit of Mrs. Spit Spouts Off for Roadside reminders

Carly for her kindness and remembrance at Names in the Sand

Aurelia of No Matter How Small for her post Ten years ago today

Preggo Ashley for The day I got my joy back

Jessie of Our Loss for Love letters

Liane of Seriously for For Seth on his birthday

Glow's own Bon of Crib Chronicles for Love is a tired symphony

call for entries: glow in the woods awards september 2008

It's that time again: let's acknowledge new and familiar voices. Nominate a blog post that resonated with you for a Glow in the Woods Award--with our spirituality roundtable coming up, we'd love to read the faith-based musings of babylost mamas and daddies (although, as always, submit whatever moves your heart, on any topic).

Go here to nominate by no later than the 14th of this month, and here to review the winners so far. On the 15th, we'll announce the winner along with a complete list of the nominees. Thanks all!

glowing in the woods: august 2008

Our hearts are full up these days at Glow. We're so grateful for all of you--our friends and our sisters and lostbaby daddies and everyone else in between who comes here for solidarity, perspective, warmth. Your voices make this space what it is--the words and stories of your babies and your motherhoods and your love, a most honourable and honouring sort of love.

This month we honour Gwendomama for her post Before, and after for bringing to us so vividly the bitter and the sweet of indulging dreams.

Remember to nominate your favourites by the 14th of every month--thanks to all of you for participating! And as always, let's do what we can to find and acknowledge new voices and friends.

August's glowing nominees were, in random order:

Tara at Finding Cohen for The hardest part

Angie at Bring the Rain for Letter to my daughter

Julia at Life After Infertility and Loss for Apples and oranges

Mrs. Spit at Mrs. Spit Spouts Off for Fear

Maddie's Mom at Trapped Under Ice for Just thinking

Carly at The Wonders From My Sleepless Nights for Christian

Kymberli at I'm a Smart One for Glow

Debbie at It's Just Me for To Maya

Gwendomama for When children die: what to do. or say. or not

Loribeth at The Road Less Travelled for The end... and the beginning

K@lakly at This Is Not What I Had Planned for You'll be there

call for entries: glow in the woods awards august 2008

A quick reminder: let's spread some kindred love to other lostbaby mamas. Nominate a blog post that moved you this month for a Glow in the Woods Award.

Go here to nominate by no later than the 14th of this month, and here to review the winners so far. On the 15th, we'll announce the winner along with a complete list of the nominees.

glowing in the woods: july 2008

We were truly ridiculous this month, with literally dozens of back-and-forth lobbying sessions, new discoveries and cart-upending nominations. Part of the happy problem is that we're meeting many of you for the first time, digging back through your archives and finding not only gems in this month but in past months that we can't resist acknowledging here.

So we always say it's tough to choose one 'best post', but this month, your hearts and words made the task especially difficult.

This month we honour Carol at Happy Sad Mama for her post, Happy-sad. Five years past the stillbirth of her daughter Charlotte, Carol reflects on holding her own identity, blessings and ordinariness in one hand, and the vivid, almost-like-unrequited-love of babyloss in the other. I liked how Carol's writing holds a bright light further down the path, showing flashes of acceptance that give me hope.

Remember to nominate your favourites by the 14th of every month--we so deeply appreciate hearing new voices. And as always, thanks to all of you for participating!

July's glowing nominees were, in random order:

STE at So Dear and Yet So Far for High wire act 

Hisaak at Rebuilding Myself for What I wish I could tell you

Angie at Bring the Rain for A beautiful song

Carol at Happy Sad Mama for Writing

M at My Sanctuary for #135

Mrs. Spit at Mrs. Spit Spouts Off for Last kick and Fathers

Steph at Mi Isla Sola for Dear Isla

K@lakly at This Is Not What I Had Planned for The fear

Jenny at There's A New Monarchy In Town for What I know

Stephanie at Hopefully Trying for This is what it is

Becky at Life with Love and Loss for Pregnancy after loss, part one 

call for entries: gitw awards july 2008

In the past few weeks and months, it's been wonderful to hear from so many new voices--my surefire way to ward off teh crazies, to be honest with you. As always, let's acknowledge the collective uncraziness generated by shared experience: nominate a blog post that moved you for a Glow in the Woods Award--one of your own, or someone else's.

Go here to nominate by no later than the 14th of the month, and here to review the winners so far. On the 15th, we'll announce the winner along with a complete list of the nominees for a virtual medusa meet 'n greet.

Who's rocked your heart this month?