Dear Miscarriage, Oh, how you have changed it all. You give me no choice other than to dedicate much of my heart, energy, and love to you—to change how culture silences you, shrouds you in shame. You deserve serious and pointed attention. I love you for helping me better understand suffering and resilience. I’ve opened my heart fully to you. I loathe you for the droplets of hopelessness interspersed. And the terrorizing anxiety that clung to my subsequent pregnancy. But here’s the thing, miscarriage: I’ve spent so much time getting to know you and my deepest self, my fundamental strength. I
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