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To the Freaked-Out Mom on the Playground…

Hi there. It was fun having your kiddo hanging on the swing next to mine. Since your kid is pre-verbal, I know you had fun talking to my...

What's in the Box?

At the top of my closet, in an unobtrusive but visible place, is a wooden box, about one foot by two feet, about a foot tall with rounded...

Pulled

I wrote this poem within the year after Ronen died, before we put up his stone, sitting in the grass next to his kever (Hebrew for...

What Stories Could One Dress Tell?

I bought this dress more than 10 years ago, but I don't remember where. And it's the perfect one piece dress, which looks like two...

On Ronen's 4th Yahrzeit

On this day in history, 4 years ago on the Gregorian calendar, a little boy snuggled into the crook of my arm and fell asleep. I tried to...

36: Life, Doubly So

I love my birthday. Maybe more accurately, I love anticipating my birthday... the countdown, the "it's almost here." For several years on...

"God Decides"

After Ronen died in 2019 and the pandemic shut everything down in early 2020, I started planting. I planted cucumbers, pumpkins, carrots,...

More of Ronen's (My) Story: Perinatal Loss Summit 2023

Thanks to I Was Supposed to Have a Baby for hosting the 2023 Perinatal Loss Summit, also sponsored by Rabbi David and Naomi Balto....