grieving process
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And That Was That
You don’t have to make a painful thing good. This poem was inspired by my struggling through the question, Why is it so easy for some women to get pregnant and others not? How can a woman have two babies before another woman even has one? Or why do some women experience so much pregnancy… Continue reading
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Held (HGaE, 5th & final poem)
There are definite themes of the grave in Hope Gives a Eulogy, because infertiliy is the death of many things. And I know death is a strong term, but I stand by it. Death of dreams. Death of who you were & who you’d thought you’d be. Death of of all that has never existed. Death… Continue reading
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Mirage (HGaE, 3rd poem)
You are not the mirage. You are not infertility. You are not your expectations. Or your pain. Or your dreams that never came true. Or the life you never lived. You are you. And you are real.❤ order your copy Continue reading
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Announcement (HGaE, 1st poem)
I learned to celebrate/rejoice over new, little life but what I felt was overwhelming loss. Baby after baby after baby while I heard no after no after no after no. This poem expresses the depth of that pain. Infertility feels like losing your dreams and your life. And it also feels like losing your friends… Continue reading
Sierra V. Fedorko 