To deny our grief is to deny our love

To deny our grief is to deny our love

Birth announcements

LGBTQ people

Lesbian mothers

Parental Grief

Sorrow

Autobiographical memory

Birth announcement with purple orchids sent to family and friends by a lesbian couple. It reads:

"To deny our grief is to deny our love—for we loved her way before she was here
…
Thank you for sharing in our joy when we were expecting [our daughter]
And for sharing in the sorrow of losing our little girl.
We hurt knowing that she never got to see how many people
were looking forward to meeting and loving her."

The words to the song “You are my Sunshine” are printed on the reverse.

“The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping
I dreamed I held you in my arms
But when I awoke, dear, I was mistaken
And I hung my head and I cried
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey
You'll never know, dear, how much I love you
Please don't take my sunshine away”

Participant in LGBTQ Reproductive Losses Research Project

Personal Collection of LGBTQ Reproductive Losses Study Participant

unpublished

Circa 02-2011

Participant in LGBTQ Reproductive Losses Research Project

Craven, Christa

Lang, Ella

pdf

eng

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