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PTSD and Child Loss
Like many others, I suffer from the effects of PTSD in regards to child loss. These effects debilitate me. At the most random times. With...
Amanda Hartwig
Aug 30, 20183 min read
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The Baumhardt Barn
We’ve known the Baumhardt family for years now. And we’ve made so many Countless memories. Together. In September 2016 I stood in a barn...
Amanda Hartwig
Aug 28, 20183 min read
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How Do People Do It Without Jesus?
While we have endured this heartache, We have clenched to the love of God. And while we have endured these trenches, We have felt the...
Amanda Hartwig
Aug 24, 20182 min read
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Quiet Your Heart and Listen
I just have to share what God is doing. I have to share how He is working in my life. A few months ago, I ended up leaving a church that...
Amanda Hartwig
Jul 17, 20183 min read
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The Dreaded Cemetery
My dear loss mom and dad, Have you ever struggled with the idea of going to your child’s cemetery? The place where they are sleeping...
Amanda Hartwig
Jul 13, 20185 min read
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Master Manipulators
It is extremely difficult to be manipulated in your life. It is even more difficult to experience manipulation when you have experienced...
Amanda Hartwig
Jul 13, 20186 min read
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Grandparents Hurt Too
So since July is the month for bereaved parents, I thought it would be more than acceptable to make a special blog post about...
Amanda Hartwig
Jul 11, 20185 min read
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You’re Not Helping
“You’re not being helpful, you’re not helping me at all, you’re not doing me a favor, Because your advice makes me fall.” If your advice...
Amanda Hartwig
Jul 6, 20182 min read
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The Giant Of Depression
Child loss is the imaginary battle of your child being with you in your mind and your child being absent physically. -Amanda Hartwig On...
Amanda Hartwig
Jun 26, 20184 min read
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Day 1,000
How can this be? 1,000 days have passed by. 1,000 days without my baby. Some days are easier than others. Less invasive thoughts and...
Amanda Hartwig
May 31, 20182 min read
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Shattering The Lies Event
•Shattering The Lies• Painted glass to be written on & shattered. Only to be glued together again to make something beautiful. Here is an...
Amanda Hartwig
May 29, 20181 min read
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996.
996 Days have come and gone since I’ve last held my sweet boy. That many days that I’ve longed for his presence and laughter. I’ve missed...
Amanda Hartwig
May 27, 20181 min read
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The Broken Mother’s Day
To the mother that has to experience this Mother’s Day without one of her children. I’m so sorry. I know that you’d do anything to bring...
Amanda Hartwig
May 12, 20181 min read
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Things Not To Say to the Grieving Parent
As I sit here this morning and sip my coffee, I am reminded of how bittersweet some days can be. We come across people in our lives,...
Amanda Hartwig
May 9, 20186 min read
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International Bereaved Mother’s Day
Today is a source of pain. To be completely honest I’ve been burying it in the back of my mind. Similar to what I’ve done With my...
Amanda Hartwig
May 6, 20182 min read
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Letting You In and Letting Go
Finding beauty in everything is hard. To be honest, the world of child loss challenges you everyday to find it. I’ve found that...
Amanda Hartwig
Apr 19, 20183 min read
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“But Why Did He Have To Die?”
One thing that a lot of people That are not in the world of Child Loss Don’t understand is that even though We seem like we function...
Amanda Hartwig
Apr 16, 20181 min read
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944
Nine Hundred Forty-Four Days. Since the very worst day of my life. 945 Days since I last held you. How does that happen? How does one go...
Amanda Hartwig
Apr 5, 20181 min read
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The Seed Experience
Growth. There needs to be growth in what you do. Anything you do, everything, Am I right? You didn’t go to your place of work- when...
Amanda Hartwig
Mar 3, 20182 min read
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Boy.
Boy: By Lee Brice Boy, you're gonna know it all You'll think you're ten feet tall And run like you're bulletproof And total a car or...
Amanda Hartwig
Jan 19, 20181 min read
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