Day 9, TLCF
I’m here at Turkey Land Cove, gifted with endless hours of time to think, discover myself, and create. There’s no doubt I’ve learned much about myself during the past 9 …
Charlotte
On Teaching.
I used to be a teacher. Way back, when I was “passing the time until I could have a baby”. As a young, enthusiastic post-grad, I got a fellowship to Smith …
A reflection on a life.
Saturday afternoon, I had the heart-wrenching and soul-expanding experience of attending a memorial service for a girl in my son Liam’s class. I’ll call her B, and a year earlier, …
Meet Our Founder: Carol McMurrich!
Seeing Empty Arms grow and thrive nourishes my soul every day. When my baby Charlotte died in May of 2003, I was bereft and so alone. I sat in my …
Being alive, afterwards.
I wrote it in the year after Charlotte’s birth, when I found writing in the third person to be the easiest way to tell my story. I called myself Clare, …
Looking Back
by Carol McMurrich In 2013, I wrote three blog posts on the 10 year anniversary of Charlotte’s birth, at three different times of day. They document my searing memory of …
Questions to ponder…
This is a repost of a blog musing from 2008… something I think could rouse thoughts and opinions for anyone in this community. How it is possible to be up …
November First
As a group facilitator, it is my job to go first. And so, on this first day of November, a month during which the light will fade, I will share …
More than ten years along…
Some thoughts from Carol… Several years ago, I was chatting after a fourth Wednesday support group meeting with a mother whose loss had occurred several months prior. It was a …
October 15th
October 15th is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness day. On this day, we are invited to take part in the international wave of light. Beginning at 7 PM, light a …