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The Healing Garden

by mama November 18, 2009 My Garden
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I have never met any person who has not been touched by baby loss. Women who have been pregnant and have lost a baby are most often tended to only as grieving women. But their bodies experience many of the same physical discomforts as other postpartum women and these physical reminders of their lost babies further [Read more...]

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Remembering My Mama

by mama May 7, 2009 Friends & Family
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Last weekend I found this basket when I was clearing out the cabinets in my mother’s kitchen. My dad, who was directing my efforts at the time, said “You can get rid of that.” I’m sure he didn’t realize that I had made this basket about 15 years ago when I was just beginning my foray into learning about how to use plants. I laboriously harvested and dried the cattails, dyed them with onion skins and took a basket weaving class. Yes, basket weaving 101. [Read more...]

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